Goodbye Lover

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Goodbye Lover

R

1998

1h 44m

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

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Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's (Dermot Mulroney) wife (Patricia Arquette) disappears suddenly.

Critics Consensus

Half-baked plot twists disorient rather than build drama.

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Globe and Mail

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 19, 2002

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Goodbye Lover is not so much a story as some kind of a board game, with too many pieces and not enough rules.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 1, 2000

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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

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Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 3/5

Aug 7, 2008

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Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

A slice of old-school Noir. Arquette makes for a terrific femme fatale.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 19, 2008

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Film Threat

Rated: 2/5

Dec 6, 2005

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It was a fun movie, that wasn't serious, with good acting and cinema photography.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Sandra Dunmore

Dermot Mulroney

Jake Dunmore

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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: New Regency Productions, Gotham Entertainment Group
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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