Rating: PG13
Genre: Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 09/16/2005(USA
Release Date: 02/14/2006
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDS2.0/DD5.1
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: New Line Home Video

A middle-aged man finds himself dealing with the divorce of his elderly parents as well as many years of emotional baggage in this poignant comedy drama. Ben (Paul Reiser) is a writer who is enjoying a quiet evening at home with his wife, Rachel (Elizabeth Perkins), when they receive an unexpected visitor, Ben's father, Sam (Peter Falk). As it happens, Sam has some surprising news -- his wife, Muriel (Olympia Dukakis), has left him, leaving behind a note saying she wants some time alone. While Ben gets in touch with his sisters, who immediately set out to track down Muriel, he is left to deal with Sam while he tries to figure out what has gone wrong. Eager to spend some time with his dad to talk things out, Ben invites Sam along for a trip upstate to look at some property he's interested in buying, and as the two men hit the road, they get a chance to get to know one another in a way Sam, a busy salesman, was unable to do when Ben was a boy. The Thing About My Folks was a pet project for Paul Reiser, who wrote the screenplay as well as playing the lead; he'd had the script in the works for 20 years, and always intended for Peter Falk to play the role of Sam.

~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Peter Falk - Sam Kleinman
Paul Reiser - Ben Kleinman
Elizabeth Perkins - Rachel Kleinman
Olympia Dukakis - Muriel Kleinman

Production:
Raymond de Felitta - Director
Paul Reiser Jeffrey Silver Bobby Newmyer - Producer
Jamie H. Zelermyer - Co Producer
Steven Argila - Composer
David Leonard Sheila Amos - Editor
Paul Reiser - Screen Writer
Georgianne Walken - Casting
Meg Morman - Casting
Sheila Jaffe - Casting
Dan Gillham - Cinematographer
Kathryn Nixon - Costume Designer
Iris Ng - Electrician
Timothy Whidbee - Production Designer
Steve Gaub - Associate Producer

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2005 National Board of Review