Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: October 19, 1977 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Only Diane Keaton's performance counters the overall heavy-handedness. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Brooks, hardly a great director, doesn't quite pull off this adaptation of the Rossner novel. Read full review
50
The New York TimesVincent Canby
Miss Keaton, who continues to grow as an actress and film presence, is worth paying attention to in bits and pieces of the movie. She's too good to waste on the sort of material the movie provides, which is artificial without in anyway qualifying as a miracle fabric. Read full review
50
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Richard Brooks, who adapted the novel by Judith Rossner and directed, has laid a windy jeremiad about our permissive society on top of fractured film syntax. He's lost the erotic, pulpy morbidity that made the novel a compulsive read.
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