Where’s Poppa?

11/10/19701h 22m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The tush scene alone is worth the price of admission. ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Carl Reiner

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$1,000,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

mother
rape
sibling relationship
based on novel or book
dark comedy
senility
caretaker
incest
nursing home
oedipus complex

Cast

George Segal

~ as ~

Gordon Hocheiser

Ruth Gordon

~ as ~

Mrs. Hocheiser

Ron Leibman

~ as ~

Sidney Hocheiser

Trish Van Devere

~ as ~

Louise Callan

Barnard Hughes

~ as ~

Colonel Hendricks

Vincent Gardenia

~ as ~

Coach Williams

Rae Allen

~ as ~

Gladys Hocheiser

Paul Sorvino

~ as ~

Owner of Gus & Grace's Home

William LeMassena

~ as ~

Judge

Michael McGuire

~ as ~

Army Lawyer

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Reviews (1)

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talisencrw
Written 9 year(s) ago
8
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... ;)