sam kleinman ( peter falk ) come to his son place unexpectedly . his son ben kleinman ( paul reiser ) be quite surprised to hear that his mother and muriel kleinman ( olympia dukakis ) have leave his father . ben wife and rachel ( elizabeth perkins ) and his three sister try to find muriel while ben and his father go see a farmhouse that for sale . but that not the end of their journey . their road trip turn into a long therapy session between ben and his father . raymond de felitta be the director of the thing about my folk ( 2005 ) . paul reiser be behind the screenplay and he have do a remarkable job . the dialogue between ben and sam be just amazing . and he do work with the script for twenty year so no wonder it this good . who would be good man to play the father than peter falk . nobody and i can tell you that . and i really love the story on why paul want peter falk for the part . peter be an actor who make his own father laugh . and peter certainly make me laugh in this movie . it just hilarious when they go fish . and how the old guy beat the young one in the game of pool and then beat him with the stick . the movie be often very funny and i find myself laugh several time . but it can also be touch from time to time . you couldn not tell a story any good than it be tell here .