The Goodbye Girl (2004)
Musical dancer on the way out (at 36) Paula McFadden had it swell with actor Tony DeSanti, but instead of taking her to Hollywood he gets a European movie part. He even sublets their (his) New York apartment to Elliot Garfield, who generously lets her stay, even keeping the master bedroom. Pragmatic pre-teen daughter Lucy soon takes to his charm, but Paula remains determined to hate all actors. Despite the stress of a Broadway Shakespeare lead he must play too queer for Frisco, he's determined to snatch romance from ingratitude.
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terrible... so disappointed.
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This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
This is a decent remake ...because it is just a great script...however there is a big gap in the quality of acting between original and remake...the remake actors are just OK...but watching the remake just shows how good the original actors really were...in particular Dreyfuss is a far better actor than jeff daniels...even the little girl, played by quinn cummings in the original, was significantly better...
After I saw a little clip before the movie was shown, I thought the movie was going to be good; however, I guess my expectations were a bit too high. The movie was horrible and it had a mediocre plot line. Jeff Daniels and Patricia Heaton did not connect at all. I thought Lucy was way too smart for her age so it seemed a bit unrealistic. It seemed to me that Patricia Heaton fell in love with Jeff Daniels a bit too fast. One minute they are avoiding each other, and then the next scene you see the two in a bathroom making out. The movie barely had any funny parts with the exception of two events.Overall, the move just seemed stupid after a bit watching it and could have been revised much better than it was shown as a television movie.
In my opinion, this was not a very good movie. The plot line had a love, fairytale thing going on that just plummeted my interest. Patricia Heaton acted very poorly. You could easily tell her actions and emotions seemed to be "forced". I didn't like how she complained about every single flaw in her life and depended on everyone else. I have some advice for her "get some acting lessons". As for Jeff Daniels, he is a much better actor than Patricia Heaton. Though I didn't like his character in the movie, i still think his acting was good. Hallie Kate Eisenberg is a decent actor. I liked how she seemed more mature and in control than her mom at times. I feel that this movie is not recommendable on any level. It didn't keep my attention from the very start.
I love Patricia Heaton on "Raymond." When I heard she was playing Marsha Mason's role in the The Goodbye Girl" I thought it was casting genius and I am also fond of Jeff Daniels (his best work is the Woody Allen film: Purple Rose of Cairo) but I didn't see the two together.I watched with anticipation and understood in just a few minutes that they blew it. Every moment ached with mannequin-like performances even the little girl who is supposed to be a smart-Alic, is actually just smarter than the protagonist and her love interest, Daniels. This one made me angry because I kept watching thinking these two would somehow redeem themselves: but they drone on and on. Don't bother with this one: its a counterfeit. The real dollar bill is the Mason/Dreyfus version which is one of the sweetest stories on film. Remember! ...goodbye doesn't mean forever...unless you watch the Heaton/Daniels version of "The Goodbye Girl."