2018
R
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 25 m

2018
R
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 25 m

Summary Dr. Abe Mandelbaum (Martin Landau) has just moved into a new elderly care 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.

Directed By: Howard Weiner

Written By: Howard Weiner

2018
R
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 25 m

2018
R
Gravitas Ventures
1 h 25 m

Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game

Name: Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2018-01-12
Duration: 1 min 25 s
Rating: 48
Cast: Martin Landau, Paul Sorvino, Maria Dizzia, Ann Marie Shea, Pamela Dubin

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Howard Weiner

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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Variety

Jan 18, 2018

This 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.

By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW

Paste Magazine

Jan 11, 2018

The 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.

By Jacob Oller FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Jan 18, 2018

The 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.

By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Jan 11, 2018

In 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.

By Serena Donadoni FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jan 11, 2018

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.

By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Jan 11, 2018

Tripping over soapy subplots and maudlin conventions, it loses its footing just as Abe regains his mojo.

By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Long Road Film

Release Date Jan 12, 2018

Duration 1 h 25 m

Rating R

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Tagline It's never too late for life.

Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game

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Martin Landau

Abe Mandelbaum

Paul Sorvino

Phil Nicoletti

Maria Dizzia

Angela Donadio

Ann Marie Shea

Molly Mandelbaum

Pamela Dubin

Sheryl

Alexander Cook

Richard Grollman

Lyralen Kaye

Sister Elizabeth

Kayla Harrity

Jessica

Casey McDougal

Debbie

Christine Vadnais

Jennilee

William Miller

Curly

Michele Proude

Nurse Sadler

Kate Jurdi

Receptionist

Anabel Graetz

Old Woman

Ray Iannicelli

Additional Voices

Rose Stockton

Additional Voices

Deborah White

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Bruce Winant

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Dann Fink

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Molly Bettencourt

Young Jeannie

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