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Movie Overview
Cast
• Paul Reiser
• Peter Falk
• Olympia Dukakis
Director
• Raymond De Felitta
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for language, including some suggestive references.
The Thing About My Folks (2005)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 30% Rotten
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C
"Folks means well with its combination of slapstick comedy and tearjerking material, yet it’s a random picture, never quite gelling the way Reiser imagines it."  FilmJerk.com  Brian Orndorf

A-
"Takes Reiser's good screenplay, adds a veteran actor who nails his performance, and comes up with a perfectly charming comedy."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

C+
"The fact that it provides one with an opportunity to bask in Falk's almost uninterrupted glow for ninety minutes doesn't make it a good movie."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

B
"should resonate with any baby boomer dealing with living parents of the WWII era...It's Reiser's "Mad About Falk." "  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

2.5/4
"As it is, it's shamelessly manipulative shtick brightened by sharply drawn supporting performances."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

C-
"The Thing About My Folks contains more sap than a Vermont maple."  Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema  Mark Pfeiffer

5/10
"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."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

.5/4
"Like Peter Falk's trifecta of farts, the movie stinks."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

2/4
"Ultimately more cloying than poignant."  Reel.com  Timothy Knight

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

Read review  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford
OFCS Rating: 30% Rotten
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