Looking for Mr. Goodbar Reviews
Examiner.com
Goodbar features flash forwards and flashbacks, hallucinations so hammy they would fit right into a Naked Gun movie and religious and sexual subtext so heavy-handed you'd think if a studio couldn't get Oliver Stone, Brooks would be next on the speed dial.
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.
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Brooks, hardly a great director, doesn't quite pull off this adaptation of the Rossner novel.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Time Out
Top CriticJudith 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.
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
A rough, tough ride, with a surprisingly edgy Keaton performance.
| Original Score: 3/5
Looking for Mr. Goodbar is very much worth seeing, particularly for the Diane Keaton performance.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Despite a solid lead performance, the film is off-putting rather than involving.
| Original Score: 3/5
Cinema em Cena
Apesar da atuação forte e corajosa de Keaton, que surpreende em um papel totalmente diferente do habitual, o filme é aborrecido e irremediavelmente datado.
| Original Score: 2/5
Kalamazoo Gazette
One of Keaton's most daring and electrifying performances
| Original Score: 4/5
Nick's Flick Picks
Lugubrious and depressing, made noteworthy only for the interesting turn by Keaton.
| Original Score: 2/5
Film4
A fine thriller, Looking For Mr Goodbar is a reminder that Richard Brooks was a writer-director of rare talent and Diane Keaton is capable of a lot more than being ditsy.
Q Network Film Desk
a none-too-subtle cautionary tale about the dangers of living a hedonistic nightlife masked by a legitimate daylife
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
rec.arts.movies.reviews
One of those deeply flawed classics that you don't necessarily enjoy or even like, but you never forget.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Filmcritic.com
If you think you know Ms. Keaton -- you don't, until you've seen this one.
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| Original Score: 4/5
