george segal life with his elderly and senile mother . there be many joke about her alzheimer like dementia and most of them aren not funny and though there be a few funny moment sprinkle in here and there ( such a the nude run through the park scene and the old folk home ) . at first and segal try to kill his mother because she tough to live with and because he a selfish guy . make the film sort of like a wiley coyote versus the roadrunner comedy where he try again and again to kill this indestructible gal would have be a hoot too bad this be not the overall tone of the film . i do applaud carl reiner attempt to make a tasteless film that be intend to offend everyone . i have a special place in my heart for film like ed and his dead mother and eat raoul and happiness of the katakuris all film about death that dare to offend . the problem here and though and be that wheres poppa . have some funny moment and but it also have a lot of flat one and the overall product be amazingly bland . plus topic such a homosexual rape and incest and the like be really difficult to make funny . i read in the rough guide to cult movie that it be consider a cult film and though i just can not see anyone want to see this more than once .