So will Dustin Hoffman come in and save the day on the troubled “Little Fockers”? God we hope so, because if the international trailer is any indication, this film is going to be one unfunny lump of coal this Christmas season.
The latest spot is quite different than the domestic version that was released earlier this summer with a very heavy focus on the hijinks. This time around the bumbling Greg Focker tries to assert himself as the patriarch of the family clan with supposedly hilarious results. We audibly groaned during the extended and painful closing “Jaws” inspired gag that utilized the stock set piece of two adults fighting on a children’s playground.
Anyway, the film with Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Jessica Alba, Harvey Keitel, Laura Dern, Owen Wilson, Barbra Streisand will open on December 22nd. And on second thought, maybe Dustin Hoffman is best advised to stay very, very far away from this thing. [ComingSoon]