Where’s Poppa? poster

Where’s Poppa?( 1970)

TV-MAComedy
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      George Segal

      Gordon Hocheiser

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      Ruth Gordon

      Mrs. Hocheiser

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      Ron Leibman

      Sidney Hocheiser

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      Trish Van Devere

      Louise Callan

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      Barnard Hughes

      Colonel Hendricks

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      Vincent Gardenia

      Coach Williams

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      Rae Allen

      Gladys Hocheiser

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      Paul Sorvino

      Owner of Gus & Grace's Home

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      William LeMassena

      Judge

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      Michael McGuire

      Army Lawyer

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      Rob Reiner

      Roger

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      Garrett Morris

      Garrett

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      Alice Drummond

      Woman in Elevator

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      Tom Atkins

      Policeman in apartment

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    A review by talisencrw

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    Written by talisencrw on Wed Jul 13 2016
    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 hi...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

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