Where’s Poppa?
About Where’s Poppa?
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.
Carl Reiner's Where’s Poppa? is a 1970 comedy film. At 82 minutes long, it arrived in November 1970.
Its themes are incest, mother, nursing home, and caretaker. The story is adapted from a novel.
George Segal appears as Gordon Hocheiser, Ruth Gordon as Mrs. Hocheiser, Ron Leibman as Sidney Hocheiser, and Trish Van Devere as Louise Callan. The screenplay is by Robert Klane. American members can watch it on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus.
Cruel Intentions, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Color Purple make useful companions to Where’s Poppa?, all filed under sibling relationship and rape. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 50 votes and it carries a R rating.