meet the fockers is a 2004 american comedy movie. it was produced by robert de niro, jon poll, jay roach, jane rosenthal and nancy tenenbaum and was directed by jay roach. meet the fockers was released on december 22, 2004 in north america. the movie received mixed reviews with a 38% rating on rotten tomatoes and a 41 out of 100 from metacritic. it is the first sequel to the 2000 movie, "meet the parents". the second sequel which was called, "little fockers" was released in 2010.