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The Thing About My Folks Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Sometimes the fruit falls very far from the tree.

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Last modified: Dec. 16, 2005

The Thing About My Folks

Release Date: Friday, September 16, 2005

Director: Raymond De Felitta

Starring: Peter Falk Olympia Dukakis Paul Reiser Elizabeth Perkins Mackenzie Connolly

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 36 m

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"The Thing About My Folks", starring Peter Falk and Paul Reiser, is a semi- autographical film that Reiser wrote specifically for Falk, his all-time favorite actor. A sudden family crisis throws a befuddled writer and his "loose cannon" dad together for an unexpected road trip. Family secrets are uncovered and in a few surprising days, the two men learn more about each other—and have more fun—than either imagined possible.
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The film's director Raymond De Felitta last directed Bottom of the 9th and Rob the Mob. The film's writer Paul Reiser last wrote The Problem With People.

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Robert Newmyer
Paul Reiser
Jeffrey Silver
Scott Strauss

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Parent Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for language, including some suggestive references
Runtime
1 hr, 36 m
Tagline
Sometimes the fruit falls very far from the tree.
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Language
English

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The Thing About My Folks was released in on Friday, September 16, 2005. There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including Just Like Heaven, Lord of War and The Woods.

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