Judith Rossner's calculated bestseller, about a contemporary woman's sexuality and her 'descent' into the world of New York singles bars, gets what it deserves in this old-fashioned adaptation.
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02/09/06
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
79 %
Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 15 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins
Synopsis: Theresa Dunn (Diane Keaton) is sensitive grade-school teacher who leads a very different life after hours. Throwing off the emotional shackles of her troubled childhood, she enters the seemingly liberated world of singles bars and one-night stands in 1970s New York. But the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, Richard Gere, Richard Kiley, William Atherton
Reviews
1 - 19 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top Critic
A fine thriller, Looking For Mr Goodbar is a reminder that Richard Brooks was a writer-director of rare talent and Diane Keaton is capable of a lot more than being ditsy.
05/24/03
Top Critic
In Looking for Mr Goodbar, writer-director Richard Brooks manifests his ability to catch accurately both the tone and subtlety of characters in the most repellant environments.
04/08/08
Top Critic
Brooks, hardly a great director, doesn't quite pull off this adaptation of the Rossner novel.
04/08/08
Top Critic
Looking for Mr. Goodbar is very much worth seeing, particularly for the Diane Keaton performance.
10/23/04
Top Critic
Apesar da atuação forte e corajosa de Keaton, que surpreende em um papel totalmente diferente do habitual, o filme é aborrecido e irremediavelmente datado.
01/24/04
Lugubrious and depressing, made noteworthy only for the interesting turn by Keaton.
08/16/03
a none-too-subtle cautionary tale about the dangers of living a hedonistic nightlife masked by a legitimate daylife
02/27/01
If you think you know Ms. Keaton -- you don't, until you've seen this one.
01/01/00
One of those deeply flawed classics that you don't necessarily enjoy or even like, but you never forget.
01/01/00
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