'The Thing About My Folks' is an adequate film, with enough laughs and entertaining scenes to make it worthwhile for a DVD rental.
Peter Falk proves he still has his talent, and Reiser is as charming as he was on his long running TV show - if you liked him on 'Mad About You', then you'll like him here.
The film was written by Rieser, and while I found it beneath him to throw in three (three!) flatulence jokes in the first 30 minutes, thankfully the last hour or so of the film was relatively lowbrow-humor free. Another criticism was that some of the the profanity laced, and sex themed talk between father and son was a bit unrealistic - I can't imagine ever talking to my father about his first time sleeping with my mother (cheesh, why on earth would you care?). But like I said, it is an entertaining enough film just to watch both leads.
Peter Falk proves he still has his talent, and Reiser is as charming as he was on his long running TV show - if you liked him on 'Mad About You', then you'll like him here.
The film was written by Rieser, and while I found it beneath him to throw in three (three!) flatulence jokes in the first 30 minutes, thankfully the last hour or so of the film was relatively lowbrow-humor free. Another criticism was that some of the the profanity laced, and sex themed talk between father and son was a bit unrealistic - I can't imagine ever talking to my father about his first time sleeping with my mother (cheesh, why on earth would you care?). But like I said, it is an entertaining enough film just to watch both leads.