A slightly self absorbed yuppie takes in his parents including his senile father, after their home burns down. But his personal and professional life fall apart soon after.
The film's appeal will depend largely on whether you feel like laughing at senile dementia and automobile accidents.
– Michael Upchurch,
Seattle Times,
4 May 2014
rotten:
[Director Kotcheff] treats material that might have been effective as dark, nightmare comedy as something bright, bouncy and frivolous, an approach that kills all the laughs and turns shock into mere tastelessness.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2014
rotten:
Klane has written this one as less of a slow burn, going instead for obnoxiously stunt-filled, madcap farce, all the way to the high-concept-reinforcing title exclamation point.
– Chris Willman,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2014
rotten:
Marking severe career setbacks for Ameche and Selleck, Folks! represents an obvious miscalculation as to the low intelligence of the mass audience.
– Lawrence Cohn,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
Masquerading as a commentary on the greedy '80s, this is clearly the sort of moronic comedy beloved of the Weekend at Bernie's team of Kotcheff and writer Robert Klane.