- Release Date: 1992
- Runtime: 107 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Starring: Tom Selleck, Don Ameche, Anne Jackson, Christine Ebersole ... see all
- Director: Ted Kotcheff
- Plot: Jon has it all, great job, beautiful wife and kids, and a dream house. But when his father, who is a little senile, burns his house trailer down while his... Read more
User Reviews
folks
Jan 12, 2007
redsmarts - yahoo.com
Jan 12, 2007redsmarts - yahoo.com
extremely funny. it had a few sad parts but overall the movie was hilarious. a movie i would like to see several more times. you really feel sorry for the main character played by tom selleck.... Full review
Great Movie
Nov 04, 2006
bostonhalen - yahoo.com
Nov 04, 2006bostonhalen - yahoo.com
Very good little comedy starring Tom Selleck as a business man in which everything he tries to do for his parents back fires in to disastrous outcomes. A funny comedy for a Sunday afternoon!... Full review
hysterically funny MOVIE
Jun 12, 2006
cal1946 - imdb.com
Jun 12, 2006cal1946 - imdb.com
Some people have no sense of humor. I laughed until I cried the first time I saw this movie. It is not reality, it is comedy. Real life situations that many of us may face as our loved ones age... Full review
Cried with laughter
Feb 27, 2006
fpickard - yahoo.com
Feb 27, 2006fpickard - yahoo.com
This has to be one of the funniest movies I ever saw. Selleck was a surprise in this role and was awesome.... Full review
Lot of laughs
Oct 07, 2005
rreyna79 - yahoo.com
Oct 07, 2005rreyna79 - yahoo.com
This is a feel good, funny, good ending movie. This is a situation comedy that could happen to anyone, in any fmily. Easy to laugh to, no thinking involed. Just let the movie flow into your living room. You wont regret... Full review
Hilarious
Aug 20, 2005
moviegrammie - yahoo.com
Aug 20, 2005moviegrammie - yahoo.com
This movie was made to portray aging in a humorous way and I think it did that in spades. The old man wins in the end and so does everyone else! I am looking through bargain bins to find it so... Full review
Very Funny
Jan 17, 2005
loudoucet - yahoo.com
Jan 17, 2005loudoucet - yahoo.com
One of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time. I wish it would be released on DVD. It is only available on VHS at this time.... Full review
GLAD IT WASN'T ME
Nov 04, 2004
pcost2001 - yahoo.com
Nov 04, 2004pcost2001 - yahoo.com
SURFING THRU THE CHANNELS I JUST HAPPENED TO SEE THIS MOVIE.I DIDN'T EVER THINK OF TOM IN A FUNNY SENSE BUT THE PART HE PLAYED IN FOLKS WITH DON AMECHE WAS HILARIOUS!... Full review
Hilarious!
Jun 05, 2004
r.jg - yahoo.com
Jun 05, 2004r.jg - yahoo.com
I really related to Tom Sellek and his frustration with his aging parents....especially his dad (Don Ameche). Don played the part perfectly. It's really hard to become the parent of the parents. This had a great ending and was so hilarious... Full review
Tom Selleck: a laugh a minute
Dec 20, 2003
funeebunee2000 - yahoo.com
Dec 20, 2003funeebunee2000 - yahoo.com
I saw this movie while I was on my way home on Greyhound. I've seen Tom before (Quigley Down Under, Magnum P.I.) but it was a pleasure and a surprise to find him in this particular movie, which had me laughing.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| May 04, 1992Washington Post
T om Selleck's got more problems than Job in "Folks!
He goes to Florida to authorize an operation for his mother (Anne Jackson), who is more worried about leaving her husband (Don Ameche) on his own than about her own surgery.
... Full Review
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Folks! (1992)
nytimes.com –
1992-05-04
Tom Selleck gets hurt a lot in "Folks," possibly more than might have been intended. Among the many painful pratfalls this actor must endure in the role of Jon Aldrich, a Chicago stockbroker suddenly trying to cope with his aging... ... Full Article

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