Very depressing film where holocaust survivor and writer, Max Kohn pursues his life while lecturing about his writings and literally living out these writings.
Max has quite an imagination with long-suffering girlfriend Rhea Perlman and others. His escapades in Florida are interesting but a little too much to take.
The last episode where he recounts a short story with Ethel, the recently widowed lady, who bought into his Florida condo to get away from memories of her recently dead husband and her rheumatism from N.Y. are outrageous at best. Ethel comes on quickly and suddenly withdraws. Her dive out the window isn't exactly James Mason in "A Star is Born."
Come on, we're supposed to be seeing Jewish ladies running after the widowers with chicken soup in Florida, not anything like this. We know the man is unhappy but seeing men dropping dead at hotels, a shooting at a house, a Spanish maid trying to make it with our culprit, is way above the realm of human understanding and expectation.
Max, you're a hopelessly dull, sad person. All your endings don't have to be sad ones. Otherwise, why were we all put on this earth?
Max has quite an imagination with long-suffering girlfriend Rhea Perlman and others. His escapades in Florida are interesting but a little too much to take.
The last episode where he recounts a short story with Ethel, the recently widowed lady, who bought into his Florida condo to get away from memories of her recently dead husband and her rheumatism from N.Y. are outrageous at best. Ethel comes on quickly and suddenly withdraws. Her dive out the window isn't exactly James Mason in "A Star is Born."
Come on, we're supposed to be seeing Jewish ladies running after the widowers with chicken soup in Florida, not anything like this. We know the man is unhappy but seeing men dropping dead at hotels, a shooting at a house, a Spanish maid trying to make it with our culprit, is way above the realm of human understanding and expectation.
Max, you're a hopelessly dull, sad person. All your endings don't have to be sad ones. Otherwise, why were we all put on this earth?