The Goodbye Girl

Name: The Goodbye Girl
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: November 30, 1977
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Barbara Rhoades, Daniel Levins, Gene Castle, Marsha Mason, Michael Shawn

1977

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: November 30, 1977 | PG

Starring: Barbara Rhoades, Daniel Levins, Gene Castle, Marsha Mason, Michael Shawn, Patricia Pearcy, Paul Benedict, Quinn Cummings, Richard Dreyfuss, Theresa Merritt

Summary: After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

Director: Herbert Ross

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG

Runtime: 111 min

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

A rarity for Neil Simon's screen efforts, The Goodbye Girl perfectly blends humor, sentiment, and romance on a level so pleasant it's almost suspicious. Read full review

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Empire Caroline Westbrook

With insightful one-liners by the bucketload and a memorable duo in Dreyfuss and Mason, this serves as a joyful reminder of a genre which has long since past its best. Read full review

Roger Ebert

A funny movie with its heart finally in the right place, but all sorts of unacknowledged complications lurk just beneath its polished surface. Read full review

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Overall Simon's ego-splitting wisecracks make for many good laughs, even though, in contrast to Woody Allen's nervous New York humour, which has the discomforting ring of truth, Simon opts for a playwright's ring of confidence. Read full review

Robert Martin

If you enjoyed previous Simon comedies like Plaza Suite, it is virtually guaranteed that you will enjoy Goodbye Girl. If you have not previously enjoyed Simon's work, Goodbye Girl will not convert you. [21 Dec 1977]

Pauline Kael

The forced snappiness of the exchanges suggests two woodpeckers clicking at each other's heads. Irritability provides the rhythm in Neil Simon's universe.

David Ansen

It's precisely at the finish line that Simon's calculations misfire and The Goodbye Girl collapses like a house of cards. The movie could have told us something about the wrenching collision of careers and romance, but it plays it safe, and in the end pays for it. [05 Dec 1977, p.109]

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BenCooper

May 18, 2021

I don't understand the low score – this movie is a 70's classic. The theme song by the singer from Bread is amazing, and Richard Dreyfuss plays himself. It's such a slice of life movie about relationships and is really feelgood to me. People should check this movie out.

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