"The thing about my folks" is a touching and insightful film dealing with family relationships and provides a wonderful platform for the father (Falk) and son (Reiser) to interact with one another. It would have been a truly wonderful film but Reiser, who wrote the screenplay, chose to include continual flatulence gags and an unnecessary stream of profanity, which had me squirming uncomfortably in my seat. I can relate to many of the things that were covered in the film but I'd never use such profanity in a conversation with my father. If he had chose the higher ground and omitted the objectionable content I would've been able to whole heartedly recommended this motion picture to everyone I know but as it is I can't even watch it with my own family.
Review of The Thing About My Folks
