Fresh
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.
Variety Staff, Variety
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
To her father, Theresa was a dutiful daughter. To the children she taught, Theresa brought warmth and hope. To the men she met in bars, Theresa was easy. All kinds of people loved Theresa. Diane Keaton plays Theresa in Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
1977 · 2h 16m · R
Drama
Directed by
Richard Brooks
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Overview
A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of dangerous sexual activity.
Director and cast
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61%
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Fresh
Looking for Mr. Goodbar is very much worth seeing, particularly for the Diane Keaton performance.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
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.
Time Out
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