Kotch
“Walter Matthau in the role only he could make so excitingly different...”
Jack LemmonCast
Walter Matthau Deborah Winters 
Felicia Farr 
Charles Aidman 
Ellen Geer
Plot
When retired salesman Joseph Kotcher begins to feel pressure to move out of the house he shares with the family of his son, he opts to embark on a road trip instead of settling in a retirement home.
Sinekatalog’s take
A small, humane road-trip comedy about a retired man who refuses to be moved into a care home. Lemmon directs with warmth and lets the odd friendships carry the film. Gentle, funny and quietly moving about ageing.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Awards
- Writers Guild of America Awards 1972: Best Adapted Screenplay (Best Adapted Screenplay – Comedy)
Ratings
IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (1,778 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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