Review – The Goodbye Girl

If you’re a big fan of screen adaptations of romantic comedies from Broadway in the 70s, well, that’s kind of a specific taste to have. But by all means seek this out. Personally, I thought the dialogue was stiff and many of the plot twists so contrived that the whole thing became too artificial to enjoy. Even the premise – that due to some kind of real estate mix-up a single mom has to share her apartment with an obnoxious actor – is silly even by light comedy standards. I derive at least some pleasure from watching bad things happen to Richard Dreyfus, so the experience wasn’t a total loss. Still, this kind of thing really isn’t my cup of tea. See if desperate