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Movie Info

Dr. Abe Mandelbaum moves into a nursing home and strikes up a friendship with Phil Nicoletti, a notorious gambler and womanizer. Their bond soon gets put to the test when they meet a nurse who thinks that her biological father lives in the home.

Rating:

R (Sexual Content and Language)
Genre:

comedy, drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Howard L. Weiner
Producer:

Peter Pastorelli, Marshall Johnson, Eddie Rubin, Howard L. Weiner
Writer:

Howard L. Weiner
Release Date (Theaters):

Jan 12, 2018 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 12, 2018
Runtime:

1h 25m
Production Co:

Gravitas Ventures

Cast & Crew

Martin Landau
Abe

Paul Sorvino
Phil

Maria Dizzia
Angela

Pamela Dubin
Sheryl

Alexander Cook
Grollman

Kayla Harrity
Jessica

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Critic Reviews for Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (3)

Landau's performance here is a deftly calibrated thing of beauty, and it ranks among his finest work since his Oscar-winning turn as a frail Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton's "Ed Wood."

January 12, 2018 | Full Review…

Joe Leydon
Variety
The medical tidbits, however awkwardly presented, are the most distinctive aspects of the script. The flat direction, alas, is not the work of a filmmaker.

January 11, 2018 | Full Review…

Ben Kenigsberg
New York Times
A compassionate portrayal of lives stripped down to bare essentials by aging, illness, and loss.

January 9, 2018 | Full Review…

Serena Donadoni
Village Voice
...an impressive, nuanced drama that tugs at the heartstrings in witty, poignant fashion. Essentially, Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game is a nice farewell for Landau's long and distinguished career

November 14, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Frank Ochieng
ScreenAnarchy
There's a simplicity to this film that makes it easy to watch, even if it never feels like it breaks the surface.

April 24, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game boasts a trio of fantastic performances, particularly from Sorvino and Landau in one of his finest turns in his final film, and contains just enough laughs and dramatic themes to overcome Weiner's rookie missteps.

January 29, 2018 | Full Review…

Alex Arabian
Film Inquiry
The film would benefit from tighter editing and the loss of 20 minutes or so of unnecessary material. As is, it spends too long going nowhere in particular in a manner we have all seen before.

January 11, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Jennie Kermode
Eye for Film
Focuses too obsessively on one particular male malady.

January 11, 2018 | Full Review…

Shirley Sealy
Film Journal International
Landau and Sorvino offer wonderfully feeling and funny work, making complex, feisty men out of Abe and Phil.

January 11, 2018 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Brian Orndorf
Blu-ray.com
The film has its moments, but is it the film Martin Landau deserved as his farewell performance?

January 9, 2018 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Mark R. Leeper
Mark Leeper's Reviews
The Last Poker Game is an unexpectedly warm movie, shot with a honed sense of visual storytelling-especially given the director's newness with all this-and an eye for textures, but one which flames out into a terribly overwrought ending.

April 27, 2017 | Rating: 6.9/10 | Full Review…

Jacob Oller
Paste Magazine