Review of Hi, Mom! (1970) by Conner R — 29 Mar 2010

Continuing the hilarious scenario fro Greetings, this is an even better film with a lot more direction and better acting. Robert De Niro continues to dominate the screen as Jon Rubin, the suave peeping tom/porn film-maker.

His sense of humor and deranged sincerity is like no other actor. He tries to go professional after coming back from Vietnam, where he found himself at the end of the previous film. This has an extreme sense cultural relevance of the late 60s-early 70s, dealing with the hippie culture, the end of the civil rights movement, etc.

Itâ??s just so full of life that you canâ??t help but admire Brian De Palma for shooting reality. While some might say itâ??s a black comedy, I feel that itâ??s just as much an accurate reflection of New York at the time.