Where’s Poppa?
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.
- 6.0
- 1970
- Released
- 1h 22m
George Segal
Gordon Hocheiser
Ruth Gordon
Mrs. Hocheiser
Ron Leibman
Sidney Hocheiser
Trish Van Devere
Louise Callan
Barnard Hughes
Colonel Hendricks
Vincent Gardenia
Coach Williams
Rae Allen
Gladys Hocheiser
Paul Sorvino
Owner of Gus & Grace's Home
William LeMassena
Judge
Michael McGuire
Army Lawyer
Rob Reiner
Roger
Garrett Morris
Garrett
Alice Drummond
Woman in Elevator
Tom Atkins
Policeman in apartment![Where's Poppa? (1970) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HQ]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/McVuDLbpfbA/hqdefault.jpg)
Released
en
$1,000,000.00
- #mother
- #rape
- #sibling relationship
- #based on novel or book
- #dark comedy
- #senility
- #caretaker
- #incest
- #nursing home
- #oedipus complex
Reviews
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 slight