Movie #210 "The Goodbye Girl" is one of my favorite in this romantic comedy genre. Why? Crackling Neil Simon dialogue, realistic sittuations (i.e. it doesn't have both people lying to each other through the whole film for the comedy0 , it handles the subject of dumping with aplomb, Richard Dreyfuss and the little girl are outstanding and Marsha Mason isn't bad. it has a good plot that I equally enjoyed on stage when it was turned into a musical (with Martin Short and Bernadette Peters), and I enjoyed it in a second viewing (which breaks my philosophy that there are so many movies, that I really don't need to see any of them more than once! ) so I guess I'm saying this is a must-see some time in your life. It's very good. "Annie Hall" beat it for best picture, but it's still one of the best!
Average rating: 3.691
I give it 5 stars
The Goodbye Girl
(1977) PG
Ex-Broadway hoofer Paula (Marsha Mason) lives with her daughter in the New York flat of her most recent lost love -- who has sublet the place. Enter brash actor and sublessee Elliot (Richard Dreyfuss, in an Oscar-winning performance), who doesn't have the heart to oust mother and child. A mismatch from the get-go, Paula and Elliot are mutually contemptuous. But that changes when his vulnerability shows after a wretched theatrical debut.
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