i be prepare to love where poppa and it feature the nexus of normal lear sitcom character actor who and when i be grow up and felt like extended member of my raisenette size broken nuclear family . how fun it would be to see censor free barnard hughes and vincent gardenia and ron liebman and rob reiner and and a pre snl garret morris . but ala and where poppa drag . it claustrophobic and plodding and and break the cardinal rule of farce and lightness of mood and a fast pace . the plot involve the effort of a lawyer ( george segal ) to rid himself of his overbear jewish mother and who live in his gigantic new york apartment . along the way we be expose ridiculous character and situation represent a comedic group of mugger who repeatedly mug the brother of the main character and the rape of a policeman which involve a gorilla suit and subsequent gay love and ruth gorden pull down segal pant and bite his as a he serve her dinner . why doesn not this work . part of the explanation be the sense of doom engender by the cramped and dark interior and antique set decoration . i absolutely eat up cinematography of new york during this era and but watch this movie felt like i be leaf through the police gazette in a dark bus terminal . the main reason though be the slow pace . modern mtv style quick cut have change what moviegoer feel be a comfortable editing tempo and but and even take this into consideration and camera shot be hold for an excessively long time . plot development be also very slow . there be one situation in which this work represent a weird love song george segal sings to trish van devere and softly and very close to her face and and for an excruciatingly long period of time . it remind me of those cringeworthy extend shot in the british version of the office and where you find yourself mentally beg the camera to cut away and and at the same time you can not stop look . sadly and most of the film be more hurry up than can not look away . which make me wonder if it possible to have a black comedy that be also a farce . the dilemma be that the gravitas of the subject matter in a black comedy tends to weigh down lightness of the farce . movie like robert altman mash and kubrick dr. strangelove prove that it can be accomplish . they do this not only through speed but also through entertain subplots and something where poppa neglect . although the film feature multiple and stereotypically funny character and almost all of them be directly involve in the central drama of how to deal with the recalcitrant mother . the scene feature garret morris and the central park mugger be as close a the viewer get to a mental break . the mugger seem almost shakespearean and follow the tradition of comic neer d0 well . if the rest of where poppa have cling a little more closely to stage tradition it would have be a good film . edgy isn not always well . it a if all these talented actor and the director carl reiner and be take a short before the creative maelstrom of the 70 . random note represent after strealing ron liebman clothes and the mugger mention cornel wilde the naked prey ( 1966 ) and a great action movie that be a stylistic precursor to 1968 planet of the ape . a politically incorrect a he be and it disquiet to learn about the death of an action hero as formidable a charleton heston . linda harrison and who play nova and taylor mute mate and say that james fransicus and in the sequel seem to be cute and tiny compare to heston .