Popi

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Summary: UNFORGETABLE
Review: This is truly a beautiful movie that deserves the worn-out term (as so many others do not) HEARTWARMING. I saw it years ago when it was first released and have never forgotten it. I wish so much that it would be released on video!

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Summary: Compelling, funny, poignant story that defines parental love
Review: Would someone puh-lease get the studio that released this film originally to re-release it ?! This is a well-written, superbly acted romantic comedy but not in the traditional sense of that phrase. The "romance" here is the love of a single father for his two sons, a love so deep that he attempts to improve their lot in life by concocting an outrageous scheme to pass his young sons off as refugees from Cuba who flee in a rubber dinghy that is found offshore near Miami. What follows is both a beautiful parody of what happens when the media make heroes of people and a poignant tale of family ties that cannot be broken after all is said and done. This is vintage Alan Arkin and one of the most neglected, underrated films ever released. For the sake of everyone who appreciates films like this, perhaps we should put the studio execs afloat in a rubber dinghy off Miami after coaching them about how to come across as lovable refugees who deserve only the best . . . .