Looking for Mr Goodbar

Buy This Item Looking for Mr Goodbar by Paramount  Available from Amazon  $9.95  on 8-28-2008     Based on the mid-'70s novel by Judith Rossner (which itself was based on a true story), this film was supposed to be the one that established Diane Keaton's credibility as a "serious" actress--and yet she won the Oscar for the other film she did the same year, <I>Annie Hall</I>. Still, <I>Looking for Mr. Goodbar</I> is a solid and intriguing film, which offered the first substantial film roles to Richard Gere and Tom Berenger. Keaton is a repressed Catholic school teacher who works with deaf children. In the midst of the sexual revolution, she discovers her own appetite for carnal pleasure--but tries to keep it physical, avoiding emotional entanglement, until she meets Mr. Really Wrong. Keaton is solid but director Richard Brooks can't keep this from dragging. <I>--Marshall Fine</I> Reader Reviews Yes, there are faults with the film and it is dated (for some, that might be a recommendation), but Keaton is extrodinary and it was a wonderful introduction to/of Gere as an actor of merit. The story was quite controversial at the time of release, and even today remains with you. It's stylestically and politically representative of it's time/generation. Like the old train wreck adage, you just can't look away as it unfolds.

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