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Where's Poppa is an inconsistent vulgar black comedy which has dated quiet a bit and in some ways also comes across as rather silly. George Segal plays successful lawyer Gordon Hocheiser who made a promise to his father that he would not pack his mother to a nursing home.
82% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 69% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings New York lawyer Gordon (George Segal) has no personal life. Instead, his time outside work is spent looking after his senile,...
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- Carl Reiner
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- George Segal
Sep 30, 1971 · Where's Poppa?: Directed by Carl Reiner. With George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman, Trish Van Devere. When an attorney meets the girl of his dreams, he fears that his batty mother will scare her off, so he schemes to eliminate the senile old woman.
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- Comedy
- Carl Reiner
- 1971-09-30
Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 5, 2002. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The definitive site for Reviews,...
★★★★★. 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.
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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.
