{"id":1739,"date":"2006-11-14T11:36:18","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T18:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2021-01-18T10:44:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T17:44:59","slug":"looking-for-mr-goodbar-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1739","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Everybody&#8217;s taking something, or they&#8217;d never make it &#8217;til morning.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr-Goodbar-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr-Goodbar-Poster-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr-Goodbar-Poster-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr-Goodbar-Poster-1-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr-Goodbar-Poster-1-179x270.jpg 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr-Goodbar-Poster-1.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nSchoolteacher Theresa Dunn (Diane Keaton) cruises New York bars at night looking for sex and excitement, and finds herself in increasingly dangerous situations. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Character Studies<\/li>\n<li>Diane Keaton Films<\/li>\n<li>Richard Brooks Films<\/li>\n<li>Richard Gere Films<\/li>\n<li>Sexuality<\/li>\n<li>Teachers<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday Weld Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roseann_Quinn\">real-life murder of 27-year-old schoolteacher Rosanne Quinn<\/a>, this cinematic adaptation of Judith Rossner&#8217;s bestselling novel was released the same year as Woody Allen&#8217;s comedic paean to life and love in New York &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=26700\"><em>Annie Hall<\/em> (1977)<\/a> &#8212; and features its Oscar-winning eponymous heroine (Diane Keaton) in a radically different role. As in <em>Annie Hall<\/em> and many other films of the time (i.e., Paul Mazursky&#8217;s <em>An Unmarried Woman<\/em>), <em>Looking for Mr. Goodbar<\/em> deals with single females exploring their sexuality during the heyday of women&#8217;s lib. Indeed, once she gives herself the opportunity to sleep with any and every man she sees, Theresa takes advantage of this to the nth degree &#8212; but ultimately it&#8217;s more painful than liberating to watch her encounters with a series of unbearably chauvinistic men, including her married professor (Alan Feinstein) and a jealous player (Richard Gere). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Professor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Professor-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Professor-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Professor-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Professor-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Professor-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Professor-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Professor-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Professor.png 1803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Gere.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Gere-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Gere-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Gere-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Gere-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Gere-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Gere-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Gere-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Gere.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As several reviewers have pointed out (see links below), many elements of <em>Looking for Mr. Goodbar<\/em>&#8216;s otherwise provocative screenplay are unnecessarily heavy-handed: Theresa&#8217;s conflicts with her Catholic parents come across as overbearingly Freudian, and the flashback scenes to Theresa&#8217;s traumatic childhood experiences with scoliosis are derivative. Plus, it&#8217;s distressing to watch a film in which you already know the gory outcome &#8212; the cumulative effect is one of watching a morality tale-cum-train wreck about the dangers of wanton sexual exploration. This is too bad, because Keaton&#8217;s daring performance as a woman unafraid of her own sexual cravings deserves a much more respectful treatment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diane Keaton as a rebellious schoolteacher living a double life<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton2-1024x588.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton2-1024x588.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton2-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton2-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton2-768x441.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton2-1536x882.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton2-470x270.png 470w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton2.png 1789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A realistic, albeit cautionary, look at hedonism in the 1970s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton3-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton3-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton3-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton3-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton3-1536x866.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton3-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Looking-for-Mr.-Goodbar-Keaton3.png 1793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. While it&#8217;s not an entirely successful film, Diane Keaton&#8217;s performance makes it must-see viewing at least once.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0076327\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/looking-for-mr-goodbar-1977\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/489\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/80683.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Everybody&#8217;s taking something, or they&#8217;d never make it &#8217;til morning.&#8221; Synopsis: Schoolteacher Theresa Dunn (Diane Keaton) cruises New York bars at night looking for sex and excitement, and finds herself in increasingly dangerous situations. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Character Studies Diane Keaton Films Richard Brooks Films Richard Gere Films Sexuality Teachers Tuesday Weld Films Review: Based on the real-life murder of 27-year-old schoolteacher Rosanne Quinn, this cinematic adaptation of Judith Rossner&#8217;s bestselling novel was released the same year as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1739\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1739"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64185,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions\/64185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}