Folks!

Folks! is a 1992 American comedy-drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Robert Klane and starring Tom Selleck as a selfish yuppie who takes in his parents after their house burns down. It was panned by critics, earning Selleck a Razzie nomination for Worst Actor, and also underperformed at the box office. Plot Successful stockbroker Jon Aldrich is living a good life with his wife, Audrey, and their two kids until he encounters his elderly father, Harry, who suffers from dementia, and has accidentally burned down his own house. He tries to get his sister, Arlene (who has two sons but is an irresponsible gold digger), to take care of Harry and his wife, Mildred, but she won't even open the door. Consequently, Harry and Mildred have to move in with him and his family, causing his life to start going downhill. The company Jon works for was apparently doing illegal things which he knew nothing of, but no one believes him therefore he loses his job. The problems for him continue to mount as Harry continues to cause much trouble and, because of that, his family becomes broke. Audrey moves out with the kids, and they lose everything except their apartment. Furthermore, as a result of his severe senility, Harry continues to unintentionally injure Jon, causing him to get hearing loss, a broken hand, and a broken foot when a car runs over it. He also loses a testicle. Plus, Harry endangers the lives of Jon's kids and himself at one point by jaywalking in an intersection one morning while trying to take them for a walk without letting anyone know. Because of the whole mess, Jon slowly starts to lose his own sanity, but in a brief moment of regaining his own Harry tells him that he never wanted to burden him but he soon slips back into his state of dementia, where he is just consistently happy and often yells out "McDonald's". Jon talks with Mildred who also says that she and Harry never wanted to burden him. She then tells him that they have discussed it, and they want him to help them die so he can collect the insurance money. He initially opposes this but eventually changes his tune.