Underplayed Gems

Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)

Kiss Me Goodbye poster
Directed by
Robert Mulligan
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 46 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman's late husband reappears as a ghost and tries to disrupt her new marriage. She must choose between her past love and her present one.

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What happens

Kiss Me Goodbye is a 1982 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan, and starring Sally Field, James Caan, Jeff Bridges and Claire Trevor (in her final film role). It is a remake of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos in Portuguese), a 1976 Brazilian film, based on Jorge Amado's book of the same name. Field was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical for her performance, but Caan later said he disliked the film, as he did several ones in which he appeared either just to keep working or for the money. In a 1991 interview, Caan claimed that making Kiss Me Goodbye was one of the most unpleasant experiences of his life, and that as a consequence, he did not make another film for five years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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