The Thing About My Folks

The movie is sort of a sideways version of "Sideways," even down to a scene where the two men join two women for dinner. The difference is, in "Sideways" the guys desperately want to impress the women, and in The Thing About My Folks, they want to impress each other.Read Full Review »

So powerful and tender are the scenes between Falk and Dukakis that by movie's end, I was wishing that the film had been more about the marriage of Sam and Muriel and less about the father and son.Read Full Review »

Thing is Woody Allen on a third-grade reading level. Neurosis abounds, but awareness doesn't, and certain ''jokes'' demand additional therapy.Read Full Review »

Despite the grumpy, flatulent behavior the script demands of him, Mr. Falk rises above the treacly shenanigans.Read Full Review »

Sweet but dramatically inert.Read Full Review »

Falk isn't given anything funny to say or do, but his performance is littered with beautiful touches, tiny oases of brilliance in an entertainment desert.Read Full Review »

It's a family comedy-drama that wants to pluck the heartstrings but keeps getting tangled in its own tinny sentiment.Read Full Review »