Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

R10/19/1977Drama2h 16m

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To her father, Theresa was a dutiful daughter. To the children she taught, Theresa brought warmth and hope. To the men she met in bars, Theresa was easy. All kinds of people loved Theresa. Diane Keaton plays Theresa in Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

Overview

A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of dangerous sexual activity.

Top Billed Cast

Diane Keaton
Theresa
Tuesday Weld
Katherine
William Atherton
James
Richard Kiley
Mr. Dunn
Richard Gere
Tony
Alan Feinstein
Martin
Tom Berenger
Gary
Priscilla Pointer
Mrs. Dunn
Laurie Prange
Brigid

A review by John Chard

7.0

Written by John Chard on May 23, 2020

We're all hurt someplace and we're all looking for a painkiller. Looking for Mr. Goodbar is directed by Richard Brooks and Brooks adapts the screenplay from the Judith Rossner novel of the same name. It stars Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton, Richard Kiley, Richard Gere, Alan Feinstein and Tom Berenger. Music is by Artie Kane and cinematography by William A. Fraker. Theresa Dunn (Keaton) is a dedicated schoolteacher to deaf children by day, but at night she cruises bars looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively violent sexual encounters. First off...