In a day when some straights are just beginning to suspect that all gay men might not be women-hating freaks, Brooks is reinforcing a negative, stereotypic image of gay men.

| May 3, 2023

1977 was the year of TWO fantastic Diane Keaton performances.

| Dec 8, 2021

A fascinating book is turned into a bleak and empty film by making things much less complicated than they really are. The film maker has manipulated the idea of the book and has limited the image of the woman to satisfy commerce requirements.

| Sep 22, 2021

...benefits from Keaton's superb (and completely convincing) turn as the sympathetic protagonist...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 27, 2021

[Keaton's] vulnerability, cynically expressive eyebrows, constantly reassessing eyes, give Looking for Mr. Goodbar an immediacy it doesn't deserve.

| May 12, 2021

From start to finish in this film, [Keaton] is not only a lost woman, but a soulless one, confused and warped by a hopeless reality with no escape options.

| May 19, 2020

The portentous invocation of Catholic guilt and psychotically split personality couldn't be clearer if 'Madonna and Whore' had also been laid out in blinking neon.

| Mar 31, 2020

Rather than explaining and involving himself with the nuances of Theresa's character, though, Brooks chooses instead to make her a symbol, and a cliched symbol at that, of an America that he neither understands nor likes very much.

| Oct 1, 2019

Looking for Mr. Goodbar often misses the mark, but it is not a film easily forgotten.

| Jul 31, 2019

A story whose only goal seems to depress and then moralize. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jul 26, 2019

What makes the film ... so fascinating and repellent at once is precisely the confusion and anxiety it articulates about women's sexual freedom.

| May 4, 2016

Goodbar features flash forwards and flashbacks, hallucinations so hammy they would fit right into a Naked Gun movie and religious and sexual subtext so heavy-handed you'd think if a studio couldn't get Oliver Stone, Brooks would be next on the speed dial.

| Feb 11, 2012

In Looking for Mr Goodbar, writer-director Richard Brooks manifests his ability to catch accurately both the tone and subtlety of characters in the most repellant environments.

| Apr 8, 2008

Brooks, hardly a great director, doesn't quite pull off this adaptation of the Rossner novel.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 8, 2008

Judith Rossner's calculated bestseller, about a contemporary woman's sexuality and her 'descent' into the world of New York singles bars, gets what it deserves in this old-fashioned adaptation.

| Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 1, 2005

A rough, tough ride, with a surprisingly edgy Keaton performance.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 13, 2005

Looking for Mr. Goodbar is very much worth seeing, particularly for the Diane Keaton performance.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 23, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 17, 2004