Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977 · 135 min · EN · R · 6.3 (89 votes)
Dir. Richard Brooks · Starring Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton, Richard Kiley, Richard Gere, Alan Feinstein · Music Artie Kane · The Goodbar Collection

A teacher by day - at night she cruises...

Drama

A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively violent sexual encounters.

VIBE

This film feels like a descent into a lonely, anxious night. It's a raw, unsettling look at desperation and the dark side of sexual fantasy, set against the backdrop of a pulsating, yet hollow, disco era.

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