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Nourish the Beast

1974·Movie
1h 30min
82
GreatGoodWatch score

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A , comedy: but darkly funny.

Good for friends night · teens · drop-in friendly

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Baba Goya is a loudmouth mother who goes through husbands and orphans like the Turkish coffee she makes in a dirty old soup pan. In Queens she presides over a household comprised of a childish orphan who happens to be a cop, an elderly gentleman who explodes every time somebody calls him grandpa, a dying husband and an errant daughter who cries all night. The husband, Baba's fifth, is already submitting an ad for her sixth. The cop catches a Japanese stealing cameras and chains him to a radiator, the daughter guiltily confesses she voted for Nixon and runs off, and the husband-who may not die after all-insists they must wait out Watergate for a Democrat.
Absurdist Black ComedyDysfunctional FamilySocial SatireEccentric CharactersDarkly HumorousLow-Budget AestheticNew York SettingCult Film PotentialOffbeat Humor

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Is Nourish the Beast worth watching?

82
GreatGoodWatch score

Yes, it's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 82 (IMDb 8.4).

Will Nourish the Beast make me laugh?

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Yes: the humor is mostly satire (8 of 10) and situational comedy (7 of 10).

Will I feel good after watching Nourish the Beast?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 7 of 10 for bleakness and 7 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.