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Where’s Poppa?

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6.1/10 • 44

1970-11-101h 22m

Comedy

The tush scene alone is worth the price of admission.

When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's eccentricities will shortly lead to Louise's departure.

Directors
Carl Reiner
Editors
Bud Molin

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  1. George Segal

    George Segal

    Gordon Hocheiser

  2. Ruth Gordon

    Ruth Gordon

    Mrs. Hocheiser

  3. Ron Leibman

    Ron Leibman

    Sidney Hocheiser

  4. Trish Van Devere

    Trish Van Devere

    Louise Callan

  5. Barnard Hughes

    Barnard Hughes

    Colonel Hendricks

  6. Vincent Gardenia

    Vincent Gardenia

    Coach Williams

  7. Rae Allen

    Rae Allen

    Gladys Hocheiser

  8. Paul Sorvino

    Paul Sorvino

    Owner of Gus & Grace's Home

  9. William LeMassena

    William LeMassena

    Judge

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talisencrw

Jul 13, 2016

8/10

I definitely would have tightened the slack pace of this--it seems perhaps 15 or 20 minutes too long, and really lags in spots--but it has some really excellent ideas and, in its basic underlying tenet of adult siblings trying to take care of their elderly parents, yet at the same time having fulfilling lives of their own, remains unfortunately very timely. I'm NOT a George Segal fan in the slightest (in both his previous roles in 'Ship of Fools' and 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', he seems to think that simply by screaming at someone, that it inherently means 'range' and 'intensity'), but his work here is solid and he makes you care about his character's plight enough to actually empathize with his situation and root for him as a result. Solid work--and director Carl's son Rob is absolutely hilarious in a rare, pre-'All in the Family' performance. Good stuff here--contemporary PC-awareness notwithstanding, of course... ;)

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
motherrapesibling relationshipbased on novel or bookdark comedysenilitycaretakerincestnursing homeoedipus complex