But screenwriters Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg are compelled to add a host of other complications: Jack's protectiveness toward his infant grandson, whom he's brought along on the trip the revelation that Greg lost his virginity to the family maid and may have a teenage son from the encounter and Pam's discovery that she's pregnant, a fact she's determined to keep from her conservative father. The conflict between strait-laced Jack and the bohemian Fockers might have been enough to sustain the comedy if developed organically. Greg has represented his parents as a lawyer and a doctor-all true, except Bernie years ago left the profession to be a house husband, and Roz is a sex therapist for senior citizens. In the inevitable sequel, Greg and fiancée Pam (Teri Polo) arrange a pre-wedding trip from Long Island to Florida, where Greg's future in-laws will have their first meeting with his parents, the free-spirited Bernie and Roz Focker (Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand). Meet the Parents scored big guffaws from the efforts of Stiller's Greg Focker, saddled not only with a risible name but the 'comical' profession of male nurse, to win over his prospective father-in-law, Jack Byrnes (De Niro), a rigidly obsessive and intimidating ex-CIA agent. The sequel to the 2000 smash Meet the Parents has its smattering of laughs, but the new faces bring fewer dividends than the elemental De Niro/Ben Stiller showdown of the original. But despite its convergence of movie legends, Meet the Fockers is more like an innocuous studio comedy from the 1960s, with toilet humor and sex jokes added to suit the times. After all, leading players Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand have two Oscars apiece, numerous nominations, and a library of modern film classics to their credit.

If starpower were the only thing that counted, Meet the Fockers could easily be called an 'event' film.

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