Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game

R

Released Jan 12, 2018

1h 25m

Comedy

Drama

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73%

11 Reviews

Tomatometer

93%

100+ Ratings

Audience Score

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.

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Joe Leydon

Variety

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."

Jan 12, 2018

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

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.

Jan 11, 2018

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Serena Donadoni

Village Voice

A compassionate portrayal of lives stripped down to bare essentials by aging, illness, and loss.

Jan 9, 2018

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Frank Ochieng

ScreenAnarchy

...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

Rated: 3/4

Nov 14, 2018

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

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

Rated: 3/5

Apr 24, 2018

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Alex Arabian

Film Inquiry

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.

Jan 29, 2018

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Audience Member

It's never too late for life. That's touching!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

Excellent movie and perfectly executed

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

Cleverly written and beautifully executed

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

Moving film! Great comedic moments!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

This movie is pretty dreadfully bad. I’m not at all sure what other critics saw in it. It was all over the place. It’s painful. Painfully bad. Such awful writing.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/13/18

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Audience Member

Martin Landau does a good job of acting in a movie that revolves around an orphaned woman trying to find her father amongst medically impaired erection dysfunctional old men in a retirement home.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/18

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Howard Weiner

Director

Martin Landau

Abe

Paul Sorvino

Phil

Maria Dizzia

Angela

Pamela Dubin

Sheryl

Alexander Cook

Grollman

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Howard Weiner
Producer: Tamar Sela, Walter Klenhard
Screenwriter: Howard Weiner
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Gravitas Ventures
Rating: R (Sexual Content and Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 12, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 12, 2018
Runtime: 1h 25m

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