Little Fockers

I get it. Christmas movies have to be made but what blows about this piece is its complete lack of respect for its audience. The trailer opens up with familiar jokes and dynamics between Ben Stiller and Robert Di Nero’s characters. “I’m watching you,” sort of thing. This isn’t new. After seemingly a moment after the trailer has started, it launches into a titling of all of the “big name” stars in Little Fockers. That takes up a full 10 seconds. Talk about a realization that it’s going to take stars to get people into the seats for this one. The trailer relies on names, potty humor gags and recognition that there were two movies about these characters before (granted, I liked the first two alright).

No real plot is revealing in this trailer, leaving anyone who actually gives a damn wondering, why the fuck am I getting out of this besides a ton of cameras and the same interactions we’ve already seen before?

Bottom Line:

I imagine this would be a good one for the kids. If the trailer is any representation, this movie is a shitty friend. The guy who will do anything to please you. He’ll tell the same jokes over and over because you laughed at them once, and he’ll name drop like it’s hot. He’s shallow, uninteresting and superbly easy to read. Kids love him.

I wouldn’t rent this to support AIDS research.

Popularity: 8% [?]

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