Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Andrew Sanford | News | April 17, 2026
I didn’t go to the movies a lot when I got out of “college.” I would try, but it quickly became too expensive, and I was too busy wasting the money I was making at my job on booze, comic books, and ordering every single meal; blatant waste. So, some things flew under my radar. There are some movies that I missed, even if I absolutely loved one of the films that preceded it (and was fine with the second). I’m talking about Little Fockers.
The name probably already has ya laughing, doesn’t it?! No? Well, fine. The sequel to Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers came out in 2010, and just because I didn’t see it, that doesn’t mean others didn’t. It made $300 million on a $100 million budget, which is not too shabby at all. When I read that, I was kind of surprised that it took 16 years to get a sequel off the ground. Then I looked at what critics thought, and things made more sense. Plenty of critically reviled movies still get sequels, but that might not happen if the star of the picture isn’t even a fan.
A new trailer just dropped for Focker-In-Law and, look, I’ll be honest, I thought it was fine. I’ll even dare to say that I chuckled quite a few times. But I think the biggest draw is that I like the original stars (Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller), but I might be more excited for the new additions: Skyler Gisondo and Ariana Grande. Gisondo is a hilarious and understated actor, and Grande is charming as hell and super funny on SNL. She’s also pretty great in the trailer.
Her fans agree, because according to THR, one took to Twitter to ask, “Yall I did not watch the first 3 movies (and I don’t want to watch it either) but I want to watch the 4th one. Will I lose major plot?” Stiller himself replied, saying, “No! But I stand by the first two.” Only two, Ben?! To make it funnier, someone followed up, asking, “So what went wrong with Little Fockers? You worked on it.” To which Ben simply replied, “We always try. Fully.” Fair.
I actually appreciate the candid response from Stiller here. He could have easily been like “the third made a bunch of money and audiences love it! Watch them all! GIVE ME MONEY!” (Or something to that effect.) Little Fockers has a B- on CinemaScore. That’s not amazing, but audiences don’t seem to have hated it. Instead, Stiller sided with the critics (woot woot). We’ll see what happens this time around.
