Alicia I love this movie so much

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

cal1946 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 have been taken to the extreme, so we can laugh. The loss of a testicle is not funny but how it happened and being called one-nut is. I would call it a modern day screw-ball comedy along the lines of "Bringing Up Baby". It should be released on DVD shortly (I will be getting it) just sit back, suspend reality and enjoy--what's not to enjoy about watching Tom Selleck?! I also loved "Blind Date" with Bruce Willis and Kim Bassinger. I recommend this movie to anyone who loves to laugh.

bbbabbett At first I thought, poor guy, what else can possibly go wrong in your life, then it got worse. And they did it in a style that made me laugh. But, the more times I watched it, the more I saw the true meaning of a loving relationship, and the child's responsibility to take care of the parents. This movie is timeless and should be a classic, mostly for the children that find themselves faced with a parent that loses touch, but can still play and laugh and be loved. When your the child in this position, anything to make you look at the situation in a smiling light is very important. It needs to be shown again and again and again. I always need a good laugh.

dtucker86 This was one of Don Ameche's last films and he gives a great performance. This man was truly one of Hollywood's "greats" and I am so happy that he was finally recognized with that Oscar for Cocoon after such a long spell of being forgotten. I had a lot of guilty laughs watching this film. Some people might say that it is in poor taste because his character suffers from Alzhiemers (in the film they call it senile dementia). Just leave your brain at the beginning of the film and have a good time. Tom Selleck obviously went through a lot of pain making this film (ha ha). You should have a few guilty laughs at this as well. Wendy Crewson is wonderful as his understanding wife. This film may be the intellectual equivalent of a MacDonald's cheeseburger, but just watch it and have a good laugh!

Mort-31 There is a twist in this movie which is hard to believe and not convincingly brought across. I don't want to write a spoiler, so if you are about to watch this movie, just prepare for simply believing everything. Then you may enjoy the the film, if you don't expect a very high quality level.In general, you have to be quite generous to this movie to like it. The mood of the film is disbalanced in a disturbing way. The film is definitely supposed to be a comedy but there are few, unsatisfying attempts of criticism on how society deals with elderly people. These should have been extended or left out. The story also has it's weak points. For instance, there is exactly one scene, where Don Ameche (who is, by the way, perfectly cast) wins his mind again and talks to his son as if he was normal. This happens never again later, although one would expect it. Another leave-out suggestion.Apart from that, "Folks!` is a turbulent and quite black comedy, not suitable for bad nerves. It's the kind of movie, where everything goes wrong that can go wrong, and there is one character who gets more and more hits from life because he is too warm-hearted. If you enjoyed that, watch the Austrian movie "Hinterholz 8`. The humour of it is not as crude as in "Folks!` but the pity towards the main character is even stronger.