The Meet The Parents franchise is back and this time with two little Fockers in tow, writes Alexis Thompson.

A third film was always on the cards and I suspect they'll continue to make a fourth and a fifth after this one. Although I really hope not.

As expected, this film was highly entertaining and laugh-out-loud funny in places but towards the end it ran out of steam and the gags became tiresome.

If the producers greedily continue to exploit the popularity of the franchise by making a fourth, then they are in danger of ruining the whole thing.

In the third and hopefully final film in the trilogy, Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is back with two new additions to the family - daughter with a bad attitude and a son who causes mischief wherever he goes.

The terrible twosome are putting a strain on Greg's marriage and, under the watchful eye of his father-in-law Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro), Greg struggles to cope with the pressures of modern day family life, with Jack just waiting for him to slip up.

Although their dysfunctional love-hate relationship is becoming predictable and tedious, Stiller and De Niro have some hilarious scenes and don't fail to disappoint with their ridiculous antics and back-handed jibes at one another. However, some scenes will make you cringe, for example, when male nurse Greg helps Jack out with a problem down under, which ends up being more disturbing then funny.

However, the character who gets the most laughs is the spiritual and smooth-talking Kevin, played by Owen Wilson. The pretentious hippy whom everyone apart from Greg adores and who has now gone to new extremes in displaying his love for Pam, by having a portrait of her tattooed on his back. But even he gets a little annoying towards the end of the film.

Barbara Streisand and Dustin Hoffman reprise their roles as Greg's parents but they shouldn't have bothered because they don't contribute anything to the film. Hoffman is completely unfunny as Bernie Focker, who is going through some sort of mid-life crisis.

Jessica Alba provides the male audience with some eye candy with a small part as a wild party girl who tries to seduce Greg and there is also a pointless cameo appearance by Harvey Keitel, a lazy builder who causes havoc in the back garden of Greg's new home.

Better than the second but not as good as the first, this film does exactly what it says on the tin, providing the family with some light-hearted, feel-good entertainment.

There are some hilarious moments but the idea has been exhausted. It needs to end here before we all start getting fed up with the Fockers.