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by mika "Mika" on May 04, 2009
I saw this movie back in 1988, when i was only 8. I spent all my life until last year trying to find a copy of it. I think i did backflips when i found this one on Amazon. This is a movie that will make you laugh,and then make you cry at times, and then ...
by missus jones "kbj... on January 15, 2007
Alan Arkin is stunning as a Spanish Harlem father of two pre-teenage boys - this film was made years before the Elian Gonzales event, and I'm sure you can find the plot elsewhere- but this is a warm, insightful and at times biting movie that becomes ...
by David Freydkin on November 22, 2004
Popi is about a Puerto Rican widower named Abraham living in Manhatten with his two sons Junior and Luis. They live in an impoverished high-crime neighborhood. He works 60 hours a week doing blue collar jobs and gets 5 hours sleep per night. He wants to ...
by Adam Bernstein "s... on January 21, 2003
This great classic film from the 1960s stars Alan Arkin as Abraham, a Puerto Rican widower living in Spanish Harlem with 2 sons. Directed by Arthur Hiller and Written by Lester and Tina Pine the film depicts life in a New York slum as unbearable enough ...
by Betito Medel "Rob... on January 20, 2003
I LOVED THIS MOVIE IN MY YOUTH IN THE 70'S AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT FOR MANY YEARS. I WAS SO GLAD TO FIND IT HERE ...
by Massimo Stanzione on July 13, 2002
It is very rare that a film touches a nerve or makes me emotional.POPI achieved both these things for me.I first saw the film about 10 years ago and had been searching for it ever since.Alan Arkins performance is simply outstanding,and credit should also ...
by Alex on November 20, 2000
I thought that this movie was outstanding. To me this movie doesn't compare with the Gonzalas Case at all. This movie shows the love between a father and his sons. The father goes through a great deal of trouble to insure that his children would have a ...
A marvelous film, even after all these years. Arkin is a terrific actor and his touching performance is great. The 2 kids are wondeful also. Finally on ...
by Luis Hernandez on August 09, 2000
Before there was Elian Gonzalez, there ...
by Readin' and Rocki... on April 23, 2000
Surprisingly timely look at inequality and political expediency in the United States during the late 20th century. Abram Rodriguez is a day laborer and handyman of Puerto Rican descent struggling to raise two young sons alone in the squalor and danger ...
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