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The Goodbye Girl
Directed by Richard Benjamin · starring Jeff Daniels, Patricia Heaton and Lynda Boyd
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The Goodbye Girl: reviews
Reviews
What the critics say average 4.3 from 3 outlets
- 6.0 New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
Patricia Heaton, the unflappable comic from 'Everybody Loves Raymond', plays Paula McFadden as if she were born to the role. Jeff Daniels, on the other hand, has simply never been cute or funny enough for the warm and broad roles he gets.
Read - 4.0 VarietyBrian Lowry
Nothing in the remake is painful or even bad, necessarily, but like the shot-for-shot remake of 'Psycho' or the musical career of Clay Aiken, it simply brings so little new to the party that the question is why it exists at all.
Read - 3.0 34th StreetLauren Dzubow
This television adaptation is mediocre. It is difficult to identify with the characters. Both Heaton and Daniels seem to overplay their roles.
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Questions about the reviews of The Goodbye Girl
- What score does The Goodbye Girl have?
- The critics, 4.3 on average from 3 reviews.
- What do the critics say about The Goodbye Girl?
- The highest score is New York Times’s (6.0) and the lowest 34th Street’s (3.0).