Trailer For 'Focker-In-Law' Has Ariana Grande Holding Her Own VS. Ben Stiller And Robert De Niro Looking JACKED. Could This 4th Movie Actually Be Good After The 3rd Only Got A 10% Score On RT?

Devlin4/17/2026 2:00 PM

Did you know there was already a 3rd movie with the Focker family that came out in 2010? I had no fuckin' idea brother! Currently holding strong at 10% on Rotten Tomatoes right now. Although to Ben Stiller's credit, he's very willing to warn us all about it.

For this 4th iteration called 'Focker-In-Law' they got the guy who wrote the original screenplay to write AND direct. Hopefully that familiarity is a good thing for the vibes. The first one was absolute nails, there's no debate about that. Classic early 2000s comedy. Still holds up too.

Now take that OG flare and add in elite mean girl work from Oscar nominee Ariana Grande, some perfectly obtuse lines from professional bodybuilder/creampier Robert De Niro, cameos from fan favorites like Owen Wilson and baby… you got a stew going!

Maybe.

(SOURCE) - John Hamburg, who worked on the screenplay for the original 2000 film Meet the Parents and the two subsequent sequels, helmed the new movie from his own script. Focker In-Law centers on Skyler Gisondo as the son of Stiller and Polo’s characters, who gets engaged to a woman who seems all wrong for him.

Helmed by Roach, the first Meet the Parents focused on a nurse (Stiller) having trouble getting accepted by his girlfriend’s overbearing father (De Niro). The 2000 film surpassed $330 million at the global box office, and 2004’s sequel Meet the Fockers, which added Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand to the cast, was even bigger, collecting $522 million worldwide.
Roach directed the first two movies, while Paul Weitz helmed 2010’s Little Fockers.

I'm gonna hold out hope that it's worth at least a handful of laughs in the theatre. After all, we don't really get many legit comedies in the cinema anymore. Gotta figure this won't be rated any higher than PG-13, but I still trust Ben Stiller's brain to push the envelope as far as they can go with Gaylord "Greg" Focker. Again.

But either way, I am pretty intrigued to see how Ariana holds her own in this comedic arena. So random, it just might work! Also was really nice to hear her without a voice pitch that could break glass and/or send dogs into a frenzy. More of that, less of the yellow brick tone in the future yeah? That PR tour for 'Wicked' gave us enough for a lifetime.

(This music video is still pretty solid though. 2.4 billion views is bananaland stuff. What a star.)