Meet the Fockers

Meet the Fockers (2004)

90 mistakes - chronological order

(11 votes)

Continuity mistake: Toward the end of the movie, when Bernie is going to fight Jack, Jack's hands are on his hips then in the next shot they are down.

Other mistake: When Jack asks Greg to throw a brick at the RV window and it hits the car windshield Dina and Pam pop their heads out of the RV door looking shocked. In the next scene Pam and Greg are walking into the RV like it's the first time, seems like Pam wouldn't have that reaction to the RV if she's already seen it.

yupz96

Plot hole: Greg suddenly wears Jack's "breast" during the "monkey business" scene with a crying LJ. But the only time we see it is in the RV which Jack would most likely have kept locked up. How did Greg get ahold of it?

Continuity mistake: After Bernie accidentally kicks Greg's face and then the argument starts out front by the RV, the sun is shining when either Jack is shown and/or the Fockers and Pam from their backsides but every time the Fockers and Pam's faces are shown, there is no sun on them at all (through from that angle it should be shining on their faces).

Continuity mistake: The empty rum bottle that was placed on the table in the room during the families arguing disappears after the Fockers walk out of the room.

Continuity mistake: After Jack leaves the whole group Greg phones him and then puts the phone on the table. Its position changes between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Bernard lies in front of the RV there's a sunny spot a meter away from his head which becomes shadowy in the close-up. This swaps back and forth.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: From a wide angle Greg is covering his bloody nose with the palm of his hand when Roz hugs him. A shot later, in the close-up, he covers it with the side of his hand. Then there's a different angle, and afterwards it cuts back to the first wide angle with the initial palm-of-the-hand position.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Before Bernard leg-kicks Greg, Jack's arms swap from crossed to down by his side between shots with no time to lower them.

Sacha

Audio problem: When Jack tells Bernard from a side angle "you will force me to engage you" his jaw is not moving.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Bernard tells Jack that he's gonna kick his ass, Bernard's position changes between shots: sometimes he has his back to the road in front of the RV, others to a flower bed sideways to the RV.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Greg is giving his speech-of-truth at the party he extends his right arm and points at Dina. From the opposite angle his arm is lowered.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: At the party Bernard proposes a toast to his son and raises his left arm. From the opposite angle his arm is lowered.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: After sticking the needle in Greg's neck Jack extends his left arm and puts some cotton on the wound. A shot later his arm is suddenly lowered.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: The position of the sodium filled needle on Greg's neck changes between shots: Sometimes close to the ear, others way below.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: At the party, before Dina strokes Jack's ears her left hand is either on his chest or not depending on the shot.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: During Roz's massage, when she says "unleash the beast", in the close-up shot her hand disappears from Jack's shoulder.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: During the massage scene, after Roz takes Jack's shirt off he raises his head. In the close-up it's pressed against the pillow, then angle cuts back to his head raised which he then lowers.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: After the cat opens Jack's playpen the toys in front appear/disappear randomly between shots. Also the opening of the door changes when Greg brings the rum.

Sacha

Jack Byrnes: We use the Ferber method.
Bernie Focker: We use the Focker method. We hugged and kissed that little boy like there was no tomorrow. We Fockerized him.

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Trivia: The house used as the Focker's home (outside shots only) is the same home used in the TV show "Fantasy Island". The Queen Anne Cottage is located at the Los Angeles Arboretum, even though the movie is set in Florida. The outside of the house was re-dressed and so looks a little different.

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Question: The scene where Greg calls his parents to tell them they are arriving earlier than expected before entering the RV looks like he is "green screen." Does anyone else see it?

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