Where’s Poppa?
The tush scene alone is worth the price of admission.
1970 | 82m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Carl Reiner |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Robert Klane |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 10, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Director: | Carl Reiner |
| Writer: | Robert Klane |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | sibling relationship, mother, rape, based on novel or book, senility, dark comedy, caretaker, incest, nursing home, oedipus complex |
| Production Companies | The Where's Poppa Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
![Where's Poppa? (1970) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HQ]](/extra_thumbs/McVuDLbpfbA.jpg)
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Klane | Screenplay, Novel |
| Albert Wolsky | Costume Design |
| Bud Molin | Editor |
| Jack Elliott | Original Music Composer |
| Jack Priestley | Director of Photography |
| Carl Reiner | Director |
| Chic Ciccolini | Editor |
| Warren Clymer | Art Direction |
| Herbert F. Mulligan | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jerry Tokofsky | Producer |
| Marvin Worth | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
|---|
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Trending Position
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 fulfil ... ling 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 his work here is solid and he makes you care about his character's plight enough to actually empathize with his situation and root for him as a result. Solid work--and director Carl's son Rob is absolutely hilarious in a rare, pre-'All in the Family' performance. Good stuff here--contemporary PC-awareness notwithstanding, of course... ;)