Ben's (Reiser) father, Sam (Falk), drops by one night and says his wife (Dukakis) left a note and has left him.
Remember the TV show MAD ABOUT YOU when they babbled non-stop and excitedly over every little thing? Well, this movie started out that way and since Paul Reiser wrote and produced this, I figured I was in for a long night of non-stop babble. I was pleasantly surprised when the annoying babble stopped and the movie started thanks to the entrance of Peter Falk (who I am sure wouldn't put up with the babble).
However, this was still too wordy for me. There wasn't hardly a second of silence. Everyone had too much to say, way too much. See Reiser still is on TV time and is conscious of "dead air." OK, let's put it this way: This should have been a MADE FOR TV MOVIE. Yes, of course, there were moments of silence, but this is like a play, not a movie, and in a play one cannot have a character not talk for too long a time. Also, this was not really a funny movie unless you think loud farting is funny. Well okay, at times, sometimes it is.
Now that all the annoying things about the movie have been said, this is not a bad movie. You will learn why your father may not have been around when you were growing up; why your mother may have felt she was trapped in a marriage she wasn't sure she wanted; why your perception of things then and now were and are: wrong.
Peter Falk saves this movie and it's a shame we don't see more of him. He is terrific and the movie is worth it just to watch him.
Remember the TV show MAD ABOUT YOU when they babbled non-stop and excitedly over every little thing? Well, this movie started out that way and since Paul Reiser wrote and produced this, I figured I was in for a long night of non-stop babble. I was pleasantly surprised when the annoying babble stopped and the movie started thanks to the entrance of Peter Falk (who I am sure wouldn't put up with the babble).
However, this was still too wordy for me. There wasn't hardly a second of silence. Everyone had too much to say, way too much. See Reiser still is on TV time and is conscious of "dead air." OK, let's put it this way: This should have been a MADE FOR TV MOVIE. Yes, of course, there were moments of silence, but this is like a play, not a movie, and in a play one cannot have a character not talk for too long a time. Also, this was not really a funny movie unless you think loud farting is funny. Well okay, at times, sometimes it is.
Now that all the annoying things about the movie have been said, this is not a bad movie. You will learn why your father may not have been around when you were growing up; why your mother may have felt she was trapped in a marriage she wasn't sure she wanted; why your perception of things then and now were and are: wrong.
Peter Falk saves this movie and it's a shame we don't see more of him. He is terrific and the movie is worth it just to watch him.