Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad

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Movie Info

A domineering mother and her sheltered son fly face first into love, murder, and the meaning of family in this black comedy based on Arthur Kopit's Broadway play. Wealthy Madame Rosepettle (Rosalind Russell) and 25-year-old Jonathan (Robert Morse) arrive at the Port Royal Hotel on a tiny Caribbean island with the man of the family in tow, literally; he's been dead for many years and his stuffed corpse travels with them in a coffin. Madame is the kind of woman who keeps piranhas and Venus Flytrap plants as pets, and controls her son's life down to deciding what meal he'll have for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (a hamburger and a maraschino cherry). Jonathan is kept indoors at all times and isn't allowed to mix with the outside world, though the hotel "babysitter," Rosalie (Barbara Harris), slips in through the window and flirts with the easily rattled young man. Madame is being courted by drunken millionaire Commodore Roseabove (Hugh Griffith), and while she welcomes his advances, her attention is diverted by trying to make sure that her son stays "pure." Rosalie isn't one to be put off by the meddling matriarch, so she doubles her efforts to get at Jonathan, who wants Rosalie too but might be pushed over the edge by the attention.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Comedy, Kids & Family, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Alexander Mackendrick, Richard Quine
Written By:

Ian Bernard, Harbert Baker, Pat McCormick
In Theaters:

Feb 15, 1967 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Mar 8, 2005
Runtime:

86 minutes
Studio:

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Rosalind Russell
as Madame Rosepettle

Robert Morse
as Jonathan

Barbara Harris
as Rosalie

Jonathan Winters
as Dad/Narrator

Hugh Griffith
as Commodore Roseabove

Cyril Delevanti
as Hawkins

Hiram Sherman
as Breckenduff

Janis Hansen
as The Other Woman

George Kirby
as Moses

Cyril Delavanti
as Hawkins

Lionel Jeffries
as Airport Commander

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Critic Reviews for Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad

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What was offered as theater of the absurd (it wasn't quite, really) on stage comes off as an absurd movie, on screen. It also is tasteless, witless, senseless and morbid.

January 22, 2019 | Full Review…

Tony Mastroianni
Cleveland Press

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Audience Reviews for Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad

Mar 04, 2016

Theatre of the absurd to the nth degree. The cast is game, the production design impressive and the costuming, especially for Roz, elaborate. What until you get a load of Miss Russell's ever changing wigs in various pastel colors, pink, golden and green among them. Oddball film is different, how much you like it depends on how game you are for outlandish cinema.

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