Little Fockers 2010 Film Comedy

Streisand / Movies

Little Fockers

Opened December 22, 2010

Barbra Streisand hugs the Little Fockers

You picked a hell of a time to go through manopause!

... Roz Focker

Synopsis:


After 10 years of marriage and two children, it seems that Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) has finally earned a place in the "circle of trust" of his uptight father-in-law, Jack (Robert De Niro). But money is tight, and in order to stay afloat, Greg takes a job from Andi Garcia (Jessica Alba), a sexy drug company rep, promoting Sustengo, an erectile disfunction drug. However, this raises Jack's suspicions.


Greg and Pam's twins, now enrolled in the Early Human School (led by New Agey Laura Dern), are celebrating their fifth birthday, and for this, all four grandparents must travel to the Focker abode in Chicago, with Greg's dad, Bernie (Hoffman), needing to come in all the way from Spain, where he has taken up flamenco dancing.


Greg's rich pal Kevin (Owen Wilson) hosts the birthday party on a grand scale at his estate.


Through myriad misunderstandings, Greg must prove to Jack -- once and for all -- that he is worthy of being the next family patriarch.

Little Fockers U.S. theatrical poster.
Barbra Streisand costumed as Roz Focker

“I had fun in the first one. The second one?” Streisand said about Little Fockers in an interview with The New York Times.


“I never saw the complete movie. I was in Europe spa-ing, going from spa to spa. And they were sending me bits to O.K. So I would download them and watch the bits on my computer. It's the first time in my life I never saw the whole movie.”


“I think it did $300 million,” Streisand stated. “So what do I know?”


Directing this time was Paul Weitz (Jay Roach did not return).  Weitz told writer Edward Davis directing Little Fockers was “like managing an all-star team where you have to distribute the ball.”  


Owen Wilson shared a kiss with Streisand in the movie and talked about it while doing press. “It was actually kind of an exciting scene. To be able to say you kissed Barbra Streisand, that’s pretty major. That’s one you can check off the to do list. But it was kind of surreal; you kiss Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman comes in.”


Barbra seemed surprised during each take. “We got to do it again and again, and she seemed startled every single time,” Owen said. “I was tilting on the left during the kiss. Aside from being very kissable she also has a great figure.”


Dustin Hoffman originally wasn’t in the movie. Entertainment Weekly reported in November 2009 “that there has been strife between Hoffman and the studio over the size of the part, the scheduling of the days on set and other difficulties.”


After a test screening of the movie, the studio decided to approach Hoffman again (beg?). Asked why he did his Little Fockers cameo, Hoffman told the press:  “The back end.” [Hoffman probably lowered his paycheck in order to receive a percentage of box office grosses.]


With a budget of $100 million, Little Fockers earned Universal Pictures $310 million at the movie theaters — and its cast were most likely generously paid as well.

Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand in Little Fockers.
Roz’s sexuality VHS tapes were created for this movie.

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