Where's Poppa? (1970)

Original title

Where’s Poppa?

Directed by

Carl Reiner

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lawyer in New York tries to date women but his senile mother keeps sabotaging his love life. He and his brother consider extreme measures to deal with her interference.

darkly comicfrustratingirreverentzanycringe-inducinguncomfortableemotional

What happens

Where's Poppa? is a 1970 American black comedy film based on the 1970 novel by Robert Klane and starring George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman, and Trish Van Devere. The plot revolves around the troubled relationship between a lawyer (Segal) and his senile mother (Gordon), who keeps interfering with his love life. The film was directed by Carl Reiner, whose son Rob Reiner had a role in an early performance. Others in the cast include Paul Sorvino (in his film debut), Rae Allen, Vincent Gardenia and Garrett Morris. The film was re-released in 1975, under the title Going Ape, and maintains a cult following. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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