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Dominican Rep. Looking for Mr. Goodbar
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Drama
Theresa Dunn (Diane Keaton) is sensitive grade-school teacher who leads a very different life after hours. Throwing off the emotional shackles of her troubled childhood, she enters the seemingly liberated world of singles bars and one-night stands in 1970s New York. But the self-degradation takes its toll and her loneliness only intensifies, catapulting Theresa into a volatile world of drug addiction and sexual alienation. This vivid ... [+]
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"Brooks hasn't improved the story by changing its focus, and he's distracted from the heart of the narrative by several unnecessary scenes. (...) But, all the same (...) is very much worth seeing, particularly for the Diane Keaton performance. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)." | POS |
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United States |
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Miss Keaton, who continues to grow as an actress and film presence, is worth paying attention to (...) She's too good to waste on the sort of material the movie provides " | NEU |
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United States |
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"'Looking for Mr. Goodbar' could have been just another sensationalist movie version of a shocking best seller. But Richard Brooks has filmed it with power, seriousness and integrity." | POS |
United Kingdom |
Time Out | "Only Diane Keaton's performance counters the overall heavy-handedness." | NEU |
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United States |
Vulture | "This is far and away Richard Brooks's best film. It is harrowing, powerful, appalling." | POS |
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United States |
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"Richard Brooks, who adapted the novel by Judith Rossner and directed, has laid a windy jeremiad about our permissive society on top of fractured film syntax" | NEU |
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United States |
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"Richard Brooks manifests his ability to catch accurately both the tone and subtlety of characters in the most repellant environments" | POS |
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