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Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game

2017

Martin Landau, Paul Sorvino, Maria Dizzia, Pamela Dubin ...

Comedy. Drama 'The Last Poker Game' follows Dr. Abe Mandelbaum (Martin Landau), who has just moved into a new manor with his ailing wife. After forming an unlikely friendship with a womanizing gambler (Paul Sorvino), their relationship is tested when they each try to convince a mysterious nurse (Maria Dizzia) that they are her long-lost father.

	Media	Author	Review
		Joe Leydon Variety	"Martin Landau's final film performance is a good reason — but hardly the only one — to see this affecting indie drama (...) There are some richly comical moments to be savored"
		Ben Kenigsberg The 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."
		Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times	"[It] too often finds itself treading a wobbly line between melancholic and mawkish (...) Tripping over soapy subplots and maudlin conventions, it loses its footing"
		Serena Donadoni Village Voice	"Martin Landau gives a quietly powerful final performance (...) A compassionate portrayal of lives stripped down to bare essentials by aging, illness, and loss."

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