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Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, Paul Benedict
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Goodbye Girl |
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If any actor was born to dominate this Neil Simon repartee, it would be Richard Dreyfuss, whose 1977 Best Actor Oscar documents that skill. Eliot Garfield (Dreyfuss), an out-of-work New York actor sublets a friend's flat, only to find it already occupied by Paula McFadden (Mason), a single mom and her ten-year old daughter (Cummings). Since each is a legal tenant, they must share the flat and try to adapt to each other's “rules,” particularly Mason's. But, and perhaps the film's finest moment is Dreyfuss' assertive monologue of his habits which include mantras “in the nude,” midnight guitar and wide-open windows. As each seeks a show-biz break, and the child softens the domestic tensions, it is not long before this mismatched pair learns they have many things in common and that some actors can be true gentlemen, despite Quinn's premature warning that, “Mom, this one's going to Seattle.”
--Angry Jim Magin, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Goodbye Girl |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
Family, loving
Yes
Special relationship with
- daughter
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- actor
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- dangerous
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Any profanity?
- None
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- play
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