new york attorney plot to rid himself of his senile mother after meet an attractive and available woman . screenwriter robert klane and adapt his own novel ( the kind of paperback kid would buy for the dirty part ) and doesn not seem to have any knowledge of mental illness represent to him and it just an excuse for prurient comedy and scatological joke . george segal who and in the 1960s and star mostly in war and espionage picture have become and by this time and one of america great sad sack comedian while his nutty reaction and batty response rival only his mother inscrutability . segal be pair well with trish van devere and and their moment of connection ( though also play for laugh ) be really the only sequence one can gravitate towards . ruth gordon and lovable a be she and be simply around too much and more of her amount to less . this be one of the bad directed and edited film i have ever see from so call professional . promise scene which ultimately do not play out for the full effect be haphazardly disconnect from other moment which flail around endlessly and cause the crass and rickety movie to self destruct long before it actually over . half from .