{"id":70289,"date":"2021-03-09T10:31:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T17:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70289"},"modified":"2022-09-10T00:17:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T07:17:05","slug":"hi-mom-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70289","title":{"rendered":"Hi, Mom! (1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to say hello to my mother, if you don&#8217;t mind.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-70290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Poster-684x1024.png 684w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Poster.png 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen an aspiring filmmaker (Robert De Niro) convinces a producer (Allen Garfield) to hire him to take peeping-tom videos in apartments across the street, he ends up getting to know one of the women (Jennifer Salt) he&#8217;s been spying on, and they start an unusual dating relationship; meanwhile, De Niro is hired to play a cop in an immersive theater experience known as &#8220;Be Black Baby&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allen Garfield Films<\/li>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Brian De Palma Films<\/li>\n<li>Movie Directors<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<li>Peeping Toms<\/li>\n<li>Racism and Race Relations<\/li>\n<li>Robert De Niro Films<\/li>\n<li>Veterans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBrian De Palma&#8217;s direct follow-up to the success of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51587\"><em>Greetings<\/em> (1968)<\/a> was this humorous continuation of the adventures of veteran Jon Rubin (De Niro), the peeping-tom filmmaker from <em>Greetings<\/em>. As the movie opens, Jon is filming a tour of the truly decrepit apartment being shown to him by a manipulative, sourpuss super (Charles Durning):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Durning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Durning.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Durning.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Durning-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Durning-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Durning-514x270.png 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We next see Jon re-engaging with the &#8220;smut peddler&#8221; (Allen Garfield) from <em>Greetings<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Garfield.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Garfield.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Garfield.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Garfield-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Garfield-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Garfield-514x270.png 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; who produces adult films and is begrudgingly willing to give Jon a chance once he hears about his plan to violate the privacy of countless apartment dwellers by filming them. (A quick note here that <em>all<\/em> concern with ethics must be set aside while watching this film in order to go with the flow of its dark humor.) Jon&#8217;s crafty, deceptive &#8220;pick up&#8221; of a young woman (Salt) &#8212; with detailed plans to carefully &#8220;trap&#8221; her into performing on camera for\/with him later &#8212; goes hilariously sideways, giving Jon a much-needed taste of humility. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Plots.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Plots.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Plots.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Plots-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Plots-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Plots-514x270.png 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the extended sub-plot about a Black theater troupe attempting to provide white participants with an authentic taste of what it&#8217;s like to &#8220;Be Black Baby&#8221; in America is surprisingly hard-hitting (albeit hard to watch at times). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Be-Black-Still4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Be-Black-Still4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Be-Black-Still4.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Be-Black-Still4-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Be-Black-Still4-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Be-Black-Still4-514x270.png 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert De Niro as Jon<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-De-Niro.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-De-Niro.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-De-Niro.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-De-Niro-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-De-Niro-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-De-Niro-514x270.png 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Salt as Judy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Salt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Salt.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Salt.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Salt-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Salt-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Salt-514x270.png 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>De Palma&#8217;s creative riff on <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20476\"><em>Rear Window<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Window1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Window1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Window1.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Window1-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Window1-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Window1-514x270.png 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Window2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Window2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Window2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Window2-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Window2-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Window2-514x270.png 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The bold &#8220;Be Black Baby&#8221; sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Be-Black.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Be-Black.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Be-Black.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Be-Black-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Be-Black-128x67.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hi-Mom-Be-Black-514x270.png 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but of course De Palma and\/or De Niro fans will want to check it out. Listed as a Cult Movie and a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0065836\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=333\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/hi-mom%21-v22305\/review\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/himom.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to say hello to my mother, if you don&#8217;t mind.&#8221; Synopsis: When an aspiring filmmaker (Robert De Niro) convinces a producer (Allen Garfield) to hire him to take peeping-tom videos in apartments across the street, he ends up getting to know one of the women (Jennifer Salt) he&#8217;s been spying on, and they start an unusual dating relationship; meanwhile, De Niro is hired to play a cop in an immersive theater experience known as &#8220;Be Black Baby&#8221;. 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