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Hi, Mom! (1970)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 6/17

HiMom
6/17: Hi, Mom! is another awful film in Brian De Palma's résumé and is also a waste of Robert De Niro's talent.

It starts out well with Charles Durning (who's credited as Charles Durnham) playing the landlord who gives De Niro's character the grand tour of a completely rundown apartment that's rented for $45 a month instead of thirty dollars more.

Once it's over, things start to go downhill. It's like watching two or three films at once. Brian De Palma shows off his fetish for voyeurism à la Rear Window that's almost embarrassing to watch. Having done plenty of pictures about it, he must be very obsessed.

Watching Robert De Niro, it's safe to say he, even if it's unbeknownst to him, was preparing for Taxi Driver. His potential as a great actor isn't hard to see. It would be another four years before he entered the major league when he appeared in The Godfather Part II.

All in all, Hi, Mom! is an unredeemable incoherent mess.