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The Goodbye Girl (2004)

The Goodbye Girl poster
Directed by
Richard Benjamin
Genre
comedy, romance, tv movie
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An actor moves into an apartment only to find his friend has left behind both the apartment and his ex-girlfriend with her preteen daughter. The three of them are stuck living together and clash at first but slowly form an unexpected bond.

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What happens

The Goodbye Girl is a 2004 American romantic comedy television film directed by Richard Benjamin and written by Neil Simon, based on Simon's screenplay to the 1977 film. It stars Jeff Daniels and Patricia Heaton. It aired on TNT on January 16, 2004. Like the original film, it follows an actor who lives in an apartment along with his friend's ex-girlfriend, whom the friend has just abandoned, and her preteen daughter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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