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Goodbye Lover

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Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's (Dermot Mulroney) wife (Patricia Arquette) disappears suddenly.
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Half-baked plot twists disorient rather than build drama.

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Globe and Mail Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 19, 2002 Full Review Mark Caro Chicago Tribune It carefully sets up a powder keg of conflicting relationships and affairs but instead of building the natural tension, it opts for a series of gotcha's. Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle Rated: 1/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review Rated: 3/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Caffeinated Clint Moviehole A slice of old-school Noir. Arquette makes for a terrific femme fatale. Rated: 3/5 Apr 19, 2008 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 2/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member It was a fun movie, that wasn't serious, with good acting and cinema photography. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review salvador d The lasting memory of this film is pretty much this: Ellen DeGeneres's attempt at drama, plugged into a morosely cynical and unpleasant story centering around seemingly Happy-go-lucky realtor(Patricia Arquette) who has no qualms with multiple affairs and quite possibly murder. Perhaps this is merely my own tastes showing up here, but any film whose only real message(and also is the entire meat of the movie's humor) is basically "Don't trust anyone" is VERY difficult to like, either on a critical or emotional level. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member weird movie, but funny, Ellen DeGeneres is really funny in this one. Has a great cast....Patricia Arquette is the main character and is awesome....... Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Messy, overlong - sure. But it's funny, cynical and doesn't take itself seriously. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member I liked this movie. It had people who were so distinctively up tp no good. Patricia Arquette looked great while Ellen Degeneres looked lousy. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Would have given 3 stars, but there were few roles, which seemed to be pure jokes - like Ellen DeGeneres. If some characters are believable and some not, it makes the movie really confused. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's (Dermot Mulroney) wife (Patricia Arquette) disappears suddenly.
Director
Roland Joffé
Producer
Alexandra Milchan, Patrick McDarrah, Joel Roodman, Chris Daniel
Screenwriter
Ron Peer, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Production Co
Gotham Entertainment Group, New Regency Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.9M
Runtime
1h 44m
Sound Mix
Surround
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