The Goodbye Girl (1977)

Directed by

Herbert Ross

Genre

romantic comedy, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 186 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A struggling actor sublets a Manhattan apartment from a friend only to find the friend's ex-girlfriend and her young daughter already living there. The three mismatched people must share the space and gradually form an unexpected bond.

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What happens

The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Neil Simon and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings and Paul Benedict. The film, produced by Ray Stark, centers on an odd trio of characters: a struggling actor who has sublet a Manhattan apartment from a friend, the current occupant (his friend's ex-girlfriend, who has just been abandoned), and her precocious young daughter. Richard Dreyfuss won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Elliot Garfield. At the time, he became the youngest man (at age 30) to win an Oscar for Best Actor. Both Mason and Cummings were nominated for Oscars. The film became the first romantic comedy to earn $100 million in box-office grosses. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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