Hi, Mom!

El Biffo

"You see that cleavage? Huh? Where are you gonna get that? You don't get that in a Fellini film!" 2 different things going on here, first a comical, voyeuristic look at voyeurism, with De Palma's camera on De Niro's camera filming other people in their windows, some of whom are also making home movies; then the film morphs into a Godardian political farce. De Niro is good, but I just love Allen Garfield :-)

Jason

The surprise success of GREETINGS found the nebulously anarchist young De Palma returning to the scene of the crime w/ a more formidable bankroll. HI, MOM! remains a standout achievement in American cinema of an especially celebrated period. Genuine (ironic) commitment to radical upheaval. Nastiness hardly gets more congenial. I would contend that the BE BLACK BABY sequence is the greatest shit De Palma ever did.

Renton47

His early comedies a bit too much like sketch shows, here with De Niro scenes that are rendered obsolete by the excellency of his later films examining the collision of technology and privacy. Then, the brilliance of the scenes depicting how the revolution will be televised, mondo verite and Be Black Baby still so raw and shocking. That both sections sell their point at the cost of women leaves the worst taste.

T. J. Harman

Would make a nice double feature with DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY or a Peter Watkins movie. I wish De Palma (or De Niro for that matter) still made wild movies like this. A film of its time in the best sense. The hand held camera section of the "Be Black Baby'' play is really amazing.

Maximilian XXI

This film is a landmark in American cinema, but mainstream audiences associate De Palma's name with Scarface and The Untouchables... which is sad, as this is one of his best.

Pierluigi Puccini

Before turning into a suspense auteur, Brian DePalma directed this subversive little film, heavily inspired by the vanguardist french nouvelle vague. A sequel of "greetings" in which he let DeNiro run the show with amazingly funny results.

Ethan

It's no Greetings but it still has its moments and it is a delight to see a young Robert De Niro do comedy.

Dave

I agree that this one is good and interesting in spots, but feels too disjointed overall to be considered among De Palma's best.