GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Btexxamar I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Wizard-8 Twenty-two years before screenwriter Robert Klane wrote "Folks!", he wrote the screenplay for "Where's Poppa?", another movie that dealt with a grown man dealing with a senile parent. Since "Where's Poppa?" was successful at the box office and became a cult classic, maybe Klane thought the same basic idea would work again. Maybe it could have, but it didn't. While there are a small number of moments that will make you smirk a little, otherwise the movie is desperately unfunny. What made "Where's Poppa?" work was that *all* the characters were insane, so it was easy to laugh at their troubles. But in "Folks!", Tom Selleck is normal-minded, so when we get to see him abused in various ways, we feel sorry for him instead of laughing at his troubles. Also, a lot of the attempts at humor are quite mean-spirited and harsh, enough that even insane characters would have a tough time making them work. A critical and financial bomb, you'll wonder how this movie wrangled a DVD release years later.

Felicity Walker Folks! is a "comedy" about a man whose parents beg him to kill them because they're going senile and want to be put out of their misery. Several times he tries to kill them and then changes his mind, saving them from his death-traps at the last minute and losing one of his body parts each time in the process. The movie seems to hate its main character, which makes it all the more painful to watch. There's also the usual tacked-on love-interest and predictable ending.This movie was also the first time I'd seen Tom Selleck without a mustache, and I remember his shaved upper lip looking weird and making me feel slightly slick. But this might have been just because of the terrible premise and lame execution of the movie.

tfrizzell Very strange and somewhat demented black comedy that really plays more like a Road-Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoon than a live action motion picture. Tom Selleck takes in his elderly parents (Don Ameche and Anne Jackson) after his father accidentally burns down their home. Immediately everything comes apart for Selleck as he and his sexy wife (Wendy Crewson) start to have marital problems, then he is investigated for possible insider trading by FBI man Michael Murphy, then his crazed sister (Christine Ebersole) and her unruly kids move in after they are evicted and the hits keep coming when Ebersole starts to fool around with Selleck's door man (Robert Pastorelli). Things are going from bad to worse fast and then Jackson pleads with Selleck to kill her and Ameche (no kidding). Selleck's financial woes and the fact that Ameche is suffering the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease are the reasons for Jackson's request. Selleck naturally is torn with what to do, while Ebersole thinks it is a great idea (she obviously has a heart of gold, haha). Soon Selleck tries and tries to have his parents knocked off so he can collect their insurance, but their safety is never really in danger. Instead he is the one who might end up dead trying to come through. I must admit that I like this film a little more than I dislike it. It is a bargain-basement effort and the ideas are no better than those that a junior high student would come up with. With that said, the cast is first-rate and actually make the story come to life with quirky situations and surprisingly hilarious dialogue. There is a darkness to this picture though as there are questions raised about Alzheimer's Disease (a disease that is so tough on everyone who has seen it firsthand) and the rights of elderly people who do not want to lose one another to death. I guess the main problem with me here is tone as I laughed, but did not always feel good laughing at these characters. Ameche is a revelation (as he always seemed to be) and the other primary players are talented performers. Overall I got stuck in the middle with "Folks!", but this is still a picture that deserves a little more credit than it has received. 2.5 out of 5 stars.

scoutwes2 I love this movie. It is a non stop laufgh. I first saw this movie when I was at someones house and have rented it many time. I now own it and still laufgh every time I see it. A great movie for anyone looking for a good comedy.