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Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977 136 min United States of America R 16+
★7.0
Drama, Crime
Director: Richard Brooks
🎭 Based on
«Looking for Mr. Goodbar»
byJudith Rossner
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Description
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.
US Gross:
$22.51M
Worldwide:
$22.51M
Starring
Diane Keaton
Actor
Richard Gere
Actor
Tuesday Weld
Actor
Awards
Academy Awards 1978
— Best Cinematography
Golden Globe 1978
— Best Actress (Drama)
Academy Awards 1978
— Best Supporting Actress
Key opinion
Looking for Mr. Goodbar is widely recognized for Diane Keaton’s compelling, transformative lead performance and its stark, cautionary depiction of 1970s sexual liberation. While the film’s gritty exploration of duality and its shocking, inevitable conclusion are highly regarded, the structural execution and pacing divide opinions.
| Acting | Diane Keaton delivers a standout, career-defining performance that skillfully captures the protagonist's internal conflict and desperate loneliness. | |
| Theme | The film succeeds as a provocative, unflinching exploration of a woman navigating the clash between a restrictive Catholic upbringing and the hedonism of the sexual revolution. | |
| Ending | The violent, brutal finale serves as an effective and memorable, albeit shocking, culmination of the narrative's tension. | |
| Acting | The supporting performances, particularly those of Tuesday Weld and Richard Gere, are praised for adding depth and vivid energy to the ensemble. | |
| Pacing | The long runtime and frequent inclusion of hallucinatory fantasy sequences lead some to find the pacing uneven or sluggish, while others view the length as necessary for the film's scope. | |
| Direction | While Richard Brooks' direction is noted for its visual style and atmosphere, the script is criticized by some as being overly simplistic or structurally uneven. |