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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenAvoids easy shtick and saccharine conclusions, opting instead for character dynamics that the two leads deliver with consummate skill.
- 70L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorRaymond De Felitta's directing is straightforward, tactful, lyrical where necessary and never mawkish, and though Reiser's script offers no grand insights, it's full of sharply observed and funny detail.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeySo 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.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe 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.
- 60VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerGood-natured but only memorable as a platform for the amusingly feisty Peter Falk, The Thing About My Folks plies a light approach to the problems grown children face when their parents appear on the verge of divorce.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyScott BrownEntertainment WeeklyScott BrownThing is Woody Allen on a third-grade reading level. Neurosis abounds, but awareness doesn't, and certain ''jokes'' demand additional therapy.
- 50The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinFlirts bravely, though gratingly, with messy, complicated emotions before ultimately drowning them in a warm bath of sticky sentimentality.
- 38Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneFelitta and Reiser mean nothing but well with this project, but too many lines sound fraudulent, and Reiser, it must be said, is a hopeless ham in the reaction shot department.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceFalk 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.
- 30Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyAny goy, too, can fall for this tripe, especially if they've a fondness for mawkish cliché, sitcom pacing, popcorn psychology, and lousy cinematography.