Meet the Fockers

"Misery loves family."

2004 1h 55m EN

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Synopsis

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Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet the parents of their son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of opposites that definitely do not attract.

“Misery loves family.”

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Cast

Ben Stiller
Greg Focker
Robert De Niro
Jack Byrnes
Dustin Hoffman
Bernie Focker
Barbra Streisand
Rozalin Focker
Blythe Danner
Dina Byrnes
Teri Polo
Pam Byrnes
Owen Wilson
Kevin Rawley
Spencer Pickren
Little Jack 'L.J.' Byrnes

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jay Roach
Writers: Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg, Jim Herzfeld
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.5× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Meet the Parents Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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382+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jay Roach, shot by John Schwartzman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Randy Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jon Poll shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Jay Roach directs. John Schwartzman behind the camera. Randy Newman scores. Jon Poll cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 6.5× over at the box office.
3Released 22 years ago.
4Part of the "Meet the Parents Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5382+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Jay Roach, shot by John Schwartzman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Randy Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Jon Poll shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Misery loves family.".
11IMDB entry: tt0290002 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 14 themes, including "florida", "central intelligence agency (cia)", "nurse", "parent child relationship".
13Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: John Schwartzman
Original score: Randy Newman
Editing: Jon Poll
Production design: Rusty Smith
Costume design: Carol Ramsey
Makeup / hair: Terry Baliel
VFX supervisor: David D. Johnson
Sound: Andy Koyama
Stunt coordinator: Doug Coleman
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $80,000,000
Box office: $516,642,939
Return: 646% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Meet the Fockers (2004)

Part of

Meet the Parents Collection

The Meet the Parents films are a series of films involving a man and his in-laws.

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Jay Roach

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Narate2025-01-01
★ 7/10
"I'm not so sure this wedding is such a good idea. I don't like what I'm seeing from these Fockers." Still funny, still cringe, and still pretty good for a sequel. I love the extra lore they give us to the Focker/Ferber dynasty and adding Hoffman and Streisand was a good move.

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