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Genial Puerto Rican widower Abraham Rodriguez, known as "Popi" to his preteen sons, grapples with poverty and hardship in their Spanish Harlem neighborhood. Desperate to provide his sons every opportunity to succeed, and noting the reverence with which Americans treat Cuban immigrants, Popi lights upon a wild scheme. He sets his boys afloat in a boat off the coast of Florida, confident that they will be "rescued" as Cuban refugees and adopted by wealthy patrons.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 10/23/2004
2.5/4
The first half, set in New York, is rich and warm, filled with the flavor of city life. The second half, involving the Florida plan, functions only on the level of TV situation comedy. Go to Full Review
Paul Schrader Los Angeles Free Press 01/23/2020
A highly contrived, yet potentially powerful plot. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 06/02/2009
B-
Charming tearjerker sitcom comedy on the Puerto Rican experience in Spanish Harlem. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/12/2005
1/5
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L M @darnit 2d The movie has its good and bad points. It flows along nicely though the plot starts out realistically and then turns more into something that is just not as realistic. But I find it largely had me "caring," so-to-speak, about the characters after the movie ends. A lot of people now-a-days would say that this movie negatively portrays inner city Hispanics but back in the late 1960s when this movie was made, it was not an issue as it was more about the way things were. BTW there is a great amount of child nudity in the movie as the 2 young boys are often un-clothed in a few major scenes and somehow that is one odd thing the movie is "remembered" for. But there is also some violence and other scenes that would otherwise make the movie worthy of an R rating but it was given an G rating when it first was released. However when I 1st saw it on TV years ago there was heavy censoring and the movie was played at a time slot so that the full-frontal nudity scene played late at night. See more steve d @RT35616104 07/17/2020 Its not funny and hasn't aged well. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 12/31/2017 Pop is a decent film. It is about Abraham who is a Puerto Rican single parent with two boys. Alan Arkin and Rita Moreno give good performances. The script is a little slow in places. Arthur Hiller did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the humor. See more s r @ScottR 08/22/2015 A father honestly trying to do what is best for his boys. Touching and well made. See more 08/20/2015 heart warming comedy See more 03/03/2012 Heartbreaking. Loved Alan Arkin in this role. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Genial Puerto Rican widower Abraham Rodriguez, known as "Popi" to his preteen sons, grapples with poverty and hardship in their Spanish Harlem neighborhood. Desperate to provide his sons every opportunity to succeed, and noting the reverence with which Americans treat Cuban immigrants, Popi lights upon a wild scheme. He sets his boys afloat in a boat off the coast of Florida, confident that they will be "rescued" as Cuban refugees and adopted by wealthy patrons.
Director
Arthur Hiller
Producer
Herbert B. Leonard
Screenwriter
Tina Pine, Les Pine
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
Herbert B. Leonard Productions
Rating
G
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 27, 1969, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Runtime
1h 55m
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