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Goodbye Lover (1999)

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 34
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 24

Half-baked plot twists disorient rather than build drama.

Average Rating: 3.6/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 9

Half-baked plot twists disorient rather than build drama.

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A darkly comic whodunit about greed, deceit, and romantic deception, Goodbye Lover stars Patricia Arquette as Sandra, a seemingly moral and obsessively cheerful woman who sells real estate and is fascinated by the movie The Sound Of Music. But Sandra has a secret; while she's married to Jake (Dermot Mulroney), an ad executive who is having problems with both his career and his drinking, she's having an affair with his brother, Ben (Don Johnson), a successful public relations man. Ben, on the

R, 1 hr. 44 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Directed By: Roland Joff� , Dermot Mulroney

Written By: Joel Cohen, Ron Peer, Alec Sokolow

In Theaters: Apr 16, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Nov 6, 2001

Warner Home Video

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Cast

Patricia Arquette
Sandra Dunmore
Dermot Mulroney
Jake Dunmore
Ellen DeGeneres
Rita Pompano
Mary-Louise Parker
Peggy Blane
Don Johnson
Ben Dunmore
Ray McKinnon
Rollins
Alex Rocco
Detective Crowley
Andre Gregory
Reverend Finlayson
John Neville
Bradley
Vincent Gallo

Critic Reviews for Goodbye Lover

All Critics (52) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (24) | DVD (4)

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.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Bob Fenster

Arizona Republic

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The movie becomes so convoluted in its wry-noir scheme and narrative twisteroos, it turns banal and wearisome.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

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A high-quality bad movie!

January 1, 2000 Comment

Mr. Showbiz

Top Critic

It carefully sets up a powder keg of conflicting relationships and affairs but instead of building the natural tension, it opts for a series of gotcha's.

January 1, 2000 Comment