Barnard Hughes,
George Segal,
Joe Keyes,
Paul Sorvino,
Rae Allen
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Director Carl Reiner, most closely associated with the homey values of situation comedies, shocked, surprised, and (in some cases) delighted his admirers with the jet-black comedy Where's Poppa?. Geor...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 3, 2002
Stats: 52 reviews
A deranged comedy, with some deranged characters, that will have you laughing at it's deranged stupidity.
"Gordon, as the widowed mother, is in senile dementia constantly asking "Where's Poppa?" and scaring off nurses and Segal's girlfriends with her bawdy eccentricities. In ...( read more)
One of the first comedies to truly revel in bad taste. Prepare to laugh at rape, incest, hippies, defecation and attempted murder. Segal plays the ultimate broken man and Gordon is amazing as his whacked out momma. If this film were released today I'm certain it would destroy ...( read more)
This film is certainly wacky and I am certain it must have been racy and controversial in its day. Good performance from Ruth Gordon, but Trish Van Devere is below the talents of the rest of the cast. Good writing, but a bit slow in parts.
The scene where the wedding night (honeymoon) is recounted: "and there it was! He made a caca in the bed!" - I simply was not ready for that and went into hysterics and had to leave the theater until I could get myself back under control. George Segal is SUPERB in this film.
I don't think I can laff any harder!! GSegal, RLeibman & a gorilla suit. A CReiner classic.
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