For more than a decade, one comedy franchise has celebrated the humor in the foibles and fractures we share with friends and family. Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers introduced us to some of modern comedy’s most beloved characters. Now, the third installment of the enormously popular series turns an eye toward another of life’s milestones and its humorous impact on marriage and family: raising kids.

Welcome back to the comedic pleasure of watching Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) and Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) go head-to-head in Little Fockers.

Joining De Niro and Stiller in the comedy is the returning all-star cast of Owen Wilson, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand. For the latest chapter of the worldwide hit franchise, they are joined by Jessica Alba, Laura Dern and Harvey Keitel.

It’s time to meet the little Fockers—Samantha (Daisy Tahan) and Henry (Colin Baiocchi)—as the film delves into the trials and tribulations of the growing family, a natural progression for the series built on the time-honored rituals of dating, marriage and children.

It couldn’t be a worse time for Greg, who is simultaneously juggling the demands of impressing the headmistress (Dern) of a prestigious private school for the twins and finessing his shady general con-tractor (Keitel)—whose repeated renovation delays on their dream home threaten to derail the kids’ birthday party—all while fending off the advances of the drop-dead gorgeous pharmaceutical rep (Alba) with whom Greg works.

As the Focker-Byrnes clan—Greg’s parents, Bernie (Hoffman) and Roz (Streisand), Jack and Dina (Danner)—and Pam’s lovelorn ex, Kevin (Wilson), descend for the birthday bash, Greg must prove to the skeptical Jack that he’s fully capable as the man of the house and designated "The Godfocker" of the clan. But with all the misunderstandings, spying and covert missions, will Greg pass Jack’s final test and become the family’s next patriarch…or will the circle of trust be broken for good?

Directed by Paul Weitz, Little Fockers is produced by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Jay Roach and John Hamburg, who shares screenwriting duties with Larry Stuckey.