"Mmm...jet-skiing monks.....!"The third outing for the Fockers franchise is more of the same: slick, efficient and lazily comfortable. It is fortunate that these films have such an accomplished core cast, whose effortless screen presence counteracts frequently flat dialogue and a rather low laugh count. By targeting a wide audience demographic, the more adult-themed humour sits uncomfortably alongside the slapstick and jokes involving bodily functions for the younger element. Most of the best jokes are in the trailer, but the extended Jaws pastiche ("Get out of the ball-pit!") and nice turns by Jessica Alba and Laura Dern show more of the potential energy that the film needed (and which the early cut lacked sorely , apparently) . Hoffman and Streisand appear to be shoehorned clumsily into the narrative, and the main story of the Focker family and Owen Wilson's ongoing infatuation with Stiller's wife simply retreads old ground. Stiller has said that he has "an idea" for a fourth installment which - if it happens - is unlikely to deviate from this cosy formula on this evidence.
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