Movie Reviews for Where's Poppa?

Where's Poppa?

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Movie Reviews of Where's Poppa?

Movie Review: A VERY BLACK COMEDY....
Summary: 5 Stars

George Segal is wonderful as Gordon the attorney stuck with his aging addled Mama. Ron Liebman is appropriately befuddled as the nerdish brother Sidney and Trish Van Devere (in her film debut) is strangely idyllic as Gordons' new girlfriend. But it's Ruth Gordon who's watchable here. She is fearless in her hilarious (and, yes, touching) portrayal of Mama. You never know if it's all an act to keep her son Gordon hamstringed or if she's really senile or ,by todays' standards, in the onset of Alzheimers'. She's such a skilled performer. Whatever the truth is, she's delightful to watch. This is a "bare bones" disc: no real extras except the trailer and the bizarre alternate ending ("Papa's here") which I won't describe. The film looks great and it is very tasteless in spots but nonetheless enjoyable if you're game. A must if you're a Segal or Gordon fan and a rare treasure of way-y-y-y off-beat black comedy.

Movie Review: I prefer the "alternate" ending.
Summary: 5 Stars

This film is a hoot!
If you love very dark comedies this is the movie for you.

It pokes perverse fun at a wide array of things, such as: military officers, lawyers, black muggers, homosexual rape, professional football, Alzheimer's disease, parent-child relationships, and coprophilia.

I've seen this film twice before (once in 1975 and again in 1987). Until now I had never seen the so-called "alternate" ending. It is obvious that this was actually the ORIGINAL ending, i.e. it is simply the last 5 minutes of the film that was trimmed-off to give the story a happier ending.

This alternate/original ending is MUCH darker and perverse than the "shorter" ending, but it is also very poignant which is the reason I prefer it.
If this movie was made today a doubt that a major studio would allow such a dark ending. (Unless the director had a lot of influence/power)

Movie Review: ONE OF THE BEST, AND NOT TERRIBLE-DARK
Summary: 5 Stars

So many people claim the film is so "dark". Believe me, it's actually pretty innocent. Yes the guy has frustration with his mother and resorts to some things that naturally in real life would not be so common, but it's a comedy and none of it would make a decent person cringe if they had a sense of humor at all. And the son has a big conscience about his mother, so its not like he hates her. From the reviews, if I hadn't seen the movie myself I might jump to the conclusion that he killed his mother. Well he didn't kill her. There is nothing in this comedy to make anyone regret seeing it. It was made decades ago so don't fear what might be in it. In fact its totally ,consistently hysterical in a way that I doubt could be recaptured in any modern film today because yeah its rare to see such a great film these days...so you are in for a BIG TREAT if you buy this film. Its genius. Don't miss it !

Movie Review: Great Movie ~ Rec'd Quickly!
Summary: 5 Stars

Received movie quickly - within a weeks time. Wasn't sure they even had this movie on CD. It was a Christmas present which was a hit with the person who received it! I would purchase from this seller again!