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02/09/06
The Thing About My Folks (2005)
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Reviews Counted:63
Fresh:28
Rotten:35
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: The Thing About My Folks lacks cohesiveness, and the cloying tone makes the talkiness grating.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Paul Reiser, Peter Falk, Olympia Dukakis, Elizabeth Perkins
Director: Raymond De Felitta
Reviews for The Thing About My Folks
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09/24/05
Top Critic...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
If you leave The Thing About My Folks thinking about your own folks, consider the movie a success.
09/22/05
The thing about Paul Reiser is, just when you think you can't stand another lame, vulgar, obvious scene he's written, he blindsides you with some real insight or character truth.
09/16/05
While I resisted much of it, by its finale I was grateful for the trip, and even more grateful to Reiser, who enabled Falk and Dukakis to give the performances of their careers.
09/16/05
If ever there were a movie to see with your pop, this is just the Thing.
09/16/05
This passable dramedy plays like a Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilm with fart jokes.
09/27/05
A comedic, sometimes jarring, and deeply human interaction with only a few brief feints toward hyper-sentimentality.
09/15/05
Back when this flick was called “Big Fish,” it was a great movie.
10/04/05
Even if you’ve had your bellyful of cute little movies about impossible but adorable families, you might want to make room for this graceful, semiautobiographical riff on Paul Reiser’s relationship with his aging parents.
09/15/05
Takes Reiser's good screenplay, adds a veteran actor who nails his performance, and comes up with a perfectly charming comedy.
09/28/05
If you're of a certain ethnic persuasion, this is a film for you!
09/24/05
Reiser wrote the script specifically for Falk and himself, so it's not surprising that the actors bond with their characters. And that makes it easy for the viewers to bond with them.
09/22/05
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05/12/06
The Thing About My Folks is a crowd-pleasing, tear-tugging film about relationships that should have wide appeal and widespread resonance.
09/15/05
The truth about this sweet, rather shambling little movie is somewhere between the gush and the criticism.
11/23/05
should resonate with any baby boomer dealing with living parents of the WWII era...It's Reiser's "Mad About Falk."
09/15/05
As a film about family relations this one does not disappoint. As a slightly self-indulgent study of New Yorkers looking at themselves, it will charm.
09/15/05
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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