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Dr. Abe Mandelbaum has just moved into a new manor with his ailing wife. After forming an unlikely friendship with a womanizing gambler, their relationship is tested when they each try to convince a mysterious nurse that they are her long-lost father.
Leave your thoughts about Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game.
| ScreenAnarchyFrank Ochieng...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 |
| Film Journal InternationalShirley SealyFocuses too obsessively on one particular male malady. |
| Paste MagazineJacob OllerThe film’s highlight is the swaggering Sorvino. More charming with age, like wine or scoundrels, he manages to enrapture without pandering, entertain without sacrifice or compromise. |
| VarietyJoe LeydonThis low-key and deeply felt indie is unsentimentally blunt while addressing the humiliating debilitations that often define geriatric life. At the same time, however, it scrupulously eschews excessive grimness and shameless heart-tugging, and elicits more than a few laughs in the bargain, while focusing more often on how the title characters deal with last chances and unfinished business. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineThere's a simplicity to this film that makes it easy to watch, even if it never feels like it breaks the surface. |
| Village VoiceSerena DonadoniIn the actor’s final role, Landau’s expressive power plays out in the soft folds of his gaunt face. Weiner offers a comforting vision of unlikely friendship and the peace an important man can find by embracing his ordinariness. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe creativity doesn't match up to the ideals here, even if Abe & Phil does offer one of the better final scenes (a grace note, really) seen in recent indies. |
| Film InquiryAlex ArabianAbe & 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. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenTripping over soapy subplots and maudlin conventions, it loses its footing just as Abe regains his mojo. |
| The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe medical tidbits, however awkwardly presented, are the most distinctive aspects of the script. The flat direction, alas, is not the work of a filmmaker. |