Product Details

• Actors: Tom Selleck, Don Ameche, Anne Jackson, Christine Ebersole, Wendy Crewson
• Directors: Ted Kotcheff
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• DVD Release Date: June 13, 2006
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EZ908O
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #32,360 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Tom Selleck stars as wealthy Chicago broker Jon Aldrich, a loving husband and father who must rush to Florida when his elderly mother becomes ill. But when his senile father (Don Ameche – winner of an Oscar® in 1986 for Best Actor In A Supporting Role in COCOON) burns down their house, Jon is forced to bring his parents home with him. Now nothing in his life — including his money-grubbing sister (Christine Ebersole) or an FBI sting that has frozen all his finances — can compare to the daily dangers of caring for his mother and father. Still, things are about to get much, much worse. Could Jon’s final solution be a series of deadly ‘accidents’ that will take care of his folks for good? Michael Murphy (PRIVATE PARTS), Wendy Crewson (THE SANTA CLAUSE) Robert Pastorelli (MURPHY BROWN) and Anne Jackson co- star in this hilarious black comedy from screenwriter Robert Klane and director Ted Kotcheff, the creators of WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a MUST see movie!, November 13, 2005

By	Brenda L. Ibarra (Oregon) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Folks [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have enjoyed this movie since it came out at the movies. I love this movie and everyone that I have introduced the movie to have come back and said they laughed so hard they almost wet their pants. It really is that good. It's funny, touching, and full of irony. My fondest wish is that it comes out on DVD as soon as possible. I just can't say enough about this movie. It's not for kids under the age of15 or so, but for adults that have aged parents or grandparents you will connect right away and have a great time doing so. Prepare by going to the restroom before you start the movie and have some tissues handy for those touching moments. Poor Tom goes through the mill in this movie and does a great job acting as does all the actors. Don Amanche is sooo funny in this. I loved him in his early films where he was young, dashing and a very fine actor, and I love him in this. Take my word for it. You won't be at all disappointed for having spent the time to watch this under rated, under publicized movie. ENJOY!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Classic, June 25, 2004

By	Bonnie Zappolo (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Folks [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a real classic movie. Don Ameche and Tom Selleck did a supurb job. As any movie it has its slow spots but keeps you laughing. Ive watched this flick a dozen times already and still laugh just as hard and times even harder. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who's looking for a warm comedy with lots of laughs. Now if it would only come out on DVD.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A funny family film!, March 23, 2005

By	andy8047 (Nokomis,Florida) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Folks [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Oh,my goodness! Tom Selleck's longtime moustache is missing! But,what the hell? He looked handsome without it as he did with it. Selleck is Jon Aldrich,a Chicago stockbroker with a wife and two young children. Jon has parents(Anne Jackson and the late Don Ameche) in a Florida nursing home who are residentially taken into the Aldrich household by Jon. Jon's dad suffers from Alzheimer's and constantly craves McDonald's food. The dad once owned and operated a shoe store which was later taken over and sold by Jon. The sale occured as a result of the neighborhood change. The dad also follows Jon almost everywhere Jon goes and the dad is unknowingly wandering around town despite the dangerous situations. Jon's divorced sister Arlene(Christine Ebersole) has two obnoxious pre-teen sons who of course,behave obnoxiously when they and their mother show up at the Aldriches' home. Arlene becomes romantically involved with one of the Aldriches' neighbors(the late Robert Pastorelli). One funny scene was where Jon injured one of his testicles in an accident. It is surgically removed,which led to Jon exclaiming in his hospital bed,"I only have one nut!". A very funny family film! Ameche died at age 85 in 1993 and Pastorelli,late of the CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown", committed suicide last year. Selleck,without a moustache is also seen in 1997's IN & OUT and the 2000 TV movie RUNNING MATES.