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02/09/06
The Thing About My Folks (2005)
43 %
Reviews Counted: 61 Fresh: 26 Rotten:35 Average Rating: 5.4/10
Consensus:
The Thing About My Folks lacks cohesiveness, and the cloying tone makes the talkiness grating.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Synopsis: The Thing About My Folks teams two singular talents - legendary actor Peter Falk (THE INLAWS, "Columbo") and writer/actor Paul Reiser (DINER, "Mad About You") – for a hilariously truthful look at family and marriage. Directed by Raymond De Felitta, The Thing About My Folks follows a father... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Paul Reiser, Peter Falk, Olympia Dukakis, Elizabeth Perkins, Lydia Jordan
Director: Raymond De Felitta
Screenwriter: Paul Reiser
Producer: Paul Reiser, Robert Newmyer, Jeffrey Silver
Screenwriter: Paul Reiser
Producer: Paul Reiser, Robert Newmyer, Jeffrey Silver
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08/16/07
Reiser has given us a film that makes us laugh while contemplating the ways we understand and misunderstand those we love.
11/02/06
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05/12/06
The film is a little saccharine and never as moving as Reiser expected. I know Reiser loves his father, but I didn't need to pay to be told it.
01/13/06
...provides [Falk] with an opportunity for his best work in a a Hollywood film since the hilarious and underrated Big Trouble (1986).
12/15/05
The truth about this sweet, rather shambling little movie is somewhere between the gush and the criticism.
11/23/05
It's a slow enjoyable ride where you aren't asking "are we there yet?" all the way through it.
11/04/05
Before I saw this film, only one movie, Field of Dreams, had ever made me cry. Now there are two.
10/20/05
If Reiser's smart, he'll hire Falk for a new Columbo episode, 'The Case of the Roadkill Movie.'
10/07/05
[Falk turns] a stereotyped curmudgeon into a warm and winning character and the only reason to watch.
10/07/05
Formulaic to the max, it's never as funny nor as insightful as it wants to be.
10/06/05
Reiser, a famous face from the long-running TV series Mad About You, here proves himself to be a skilful writer and actor for the big screen.
09/30/05
A straight-up case of really bad filmmaking, all mangled punchlines and sitcom setups and all of it too long in the telling.
09/30/05
Two men of very different generations coming to understand and appreciate each other makes for some fine moments. And that's just the actors.
09/30/05
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