It's a pleasant fantasy, a TV drama with a little extra weight, and it's not really concerned with getting under the skins of these potentially interesting characters. There's too much easy melodrama at the hospital when the kids are discovered.Īnd finally we understand that "Popi" isn't really about Spanish Harlem, or the problems of raising kids in a city. There's an awkward pre-adolescent love affair between one kid and the girl downstairs. There's some unconvincing business involving Rita Moreno (whom Arkin would marry except for the responsibility of the kids). Somehow, though, the script just doesn't come together. A Puerto Rican widower struggles to raise two sons and give them a better life. Later, he learns that the kids have palmed him off as the relative of a big gangster - to gain freedom of passage through the streets. Arkin and the kids stand toe-to-toe and shout it out.
There's a fine scene during which he discovers that one son has broken open the mailbox to steal an unfavorable letter from a teacher. In one, he puts his feet in buckets to walk across a flooded basement, and we might still be watching inspector Clouseau.īut on the whole he's effective. And he is too precious in a few scenes, considering that "Popi" is more of a drama than a comedy. He occasionally indulges a tendency to throw in favorite bits of business (reminding us somehow of Peter Sellers as he plays a hotel waiter who's mistaken for a Bay of Pigs veteran). It is, largely because the kids were well cast and because of Arkin. That is not to say that "Popi" isn't an engaging movie.
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And Arkin's two young sons ( Miguel Alejandro and Ruben Figueroa), who were so spirited and convincing in the film's city scenes, go adrift in scenes involving hospital administrators, Free Cuban patriots and newspapermen. The second half, involving the Florida plan, functions only on the level of TV situation comedy. The film focuses on a Puerto Rican widower struggling to raise his two young sons in Spanish Harlem, NY. The screenplay was written by Tina Pine and Lester Pine. The first half, set in New York, is rich and warm, filled with the flavor of city life. WEST SIDE STORYs breakout star Rita Moreno has left fans stunned with her youthful appearance this week and now unearthed photos from her early years have been unveiled. Popi is a 1969 American comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Hiller, and starring Alan Arkin (in the title role) and Rita Moreno.
Because this plan is too fantastic, "Popi" splits apart in the middle. Location: London, Paris, Istanbul, Nassau, Las Vegas, Kobe, Piz Gloria.
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