If you like your murder tales full of plot twists and turns, and you don't get thrown off by the performances, then this one is as twisty as a snake.
– Bob Fenster,
Arizona Republic,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Once the thud of its wooden dialogue has settled into a deadly mechanical clomp -- about 10 minutes into the film -- you wonder why this risible movie didn't go straight to video.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The movie becomes so convoluted in its wry-noir scheme and narrative twisteroos, it turns banal and wearisome.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A neo-noir that puts the 'lack' in black comedy!
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Goodbye Lover is not so much a story as some kind of a board game, with too many pieces and not enough rules.