Comments on: Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

By: Øivind

Øivind — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:38:07 +0000

Jon, if you read this, could you please delete my comment/review above? It’s too long and poorly written Could you also do the same with my comment on “Fun” (1994) and the Japanese movie Kazetachi no gogo (1980)?

Thanks!

By: Colette Madden

Colette Madden — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 00:35:33 +0000

I saw this film when it first came out. It unnerved me and at the time I was living the life that Diane Keaton portrayed. The club nightlife was so spot on right down to the way the characters acted when hooking up.chillingly real as I watched last year on my iPad.This film needs to be seen for all it’s grief and gritty realism and banging music score.

By: David Mansfield

David Mansfield — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 17:23:01 +0000

Probability The most disturbing ending I’ve ever seen especially since its based on true events. 10 years after viewing I dated 3 school teachers due to their availability ,but I dnt help buy think back

By: Kathryn Hernandez

Kathryn Hernandez — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:25:41 +0000

Goodbar was Richard Gere’s film debut.

By: GREGORY

GREGORY — Thu, 06 May 2021 02:42:33 +0000

Never a fan, this is the sole Diane Keaton performance I’ve ever really liked.
And I like what she does here a great deal.
Tuesday Weld, who never disappoints me, is just so good.
I wonder what she would have done with THE GODFATHER films’ Kay Adams? Given the times it depicts, I always saw an intelligent “cool blonde” as being Michael Corleone’s only possible ‘outside’ attraction. Keaton’s near asexual dowdiness in those films has never made the slightest human sense to me at all

By: Lover of '70's cinema

Lover of '70's cinema — Wed, 06 May 2020 19:00:46 +0000

I first saw the underrated “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” several years ago, and felt it was an amazing film. Great time capsule of the era, and IMHO Diane Keaton’s best work. Amazing disco/rock/pop soundtrack as well. Late ’70’s NYC may as well have been another character in the movie. The novel the film is based on is also worth checking out.

It’s worth noting that the novel & movie are based on true events – which makes this story all the more disturbing.

To me, the film is closely connected to the sexual revolution of the late 1960’s/1970’s. The main character didn’t want to fall into the “traditional” role of getting married, settling down, and being a housewife – probably because that’s what her parents wanted her to do. Her behavior was an act of rebellion to a large extent.

Re: the film’s availability – unfortunately, it’s never even been available on a Region 1 DVD release. I suspect that part/all of the reason this film hasn’t made it to modern home video is because of the copyright(s) involving all/most of the music on the soundtrack.

I would really like to see this released to Blu (or even just DVD) at some point in the near future. The Criterion Collection is the perfect label/venue, since IMHO LFMG is iconic enough to deserve inclusion here.

By: dl alvarez

dl alvarez — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 02:34:36 +0000

Perhaps a special kind of glasses can be invented for watching films like this to bring together, like the red and green values in old-school 3D films, the disparate parts. Otherwise, the stellar and serious performances by Keaton and Weld land out of tune in this crappy B-film universe.

By: Barton Young

Barton Young — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 05:47:03 +0000

Brilliant. I’ll definitely be watching this. Thank you Jon!