Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Rich Abdill I wish I had a better word than "dumb" for this movie, but it's the one that fits. The modern adaptation of The Goodbye Girl was an absolute joke. Besides being a remake in the most literal (and lazy) sense (practically every camera angle was identical to the 1977 original), it had badly casted characters and, due to the use of a practically untouched script, many highly unlikely situations in the modern world.To start, Patricia Heaton is horribly miscast. Her inability to "find a good man" is unbelievable- with her boob job, she should be beating men off with a stick. In addition, she didn't do anything we weren't used to seeing; frankly, I'm tired of seeing Patricia Heaton play the embattled housewife. Very boring.Jeff Daniels was a slightly better fit (less creepy than Richard Dreyfus), but his slooooooow delivery and lackluster performance left much to be desired.Poorly acted and poorly translated to modern times. Stick with the original.

Donald Han After I saw a little clip before the movie was shown, I thought the movie was going to be good; however, I guess my expectations were a bit too high. The movie was horrible and it had a mediocre plot line. Jeff Daniels and Patricia Heaton did not connect at all. I thought Lucy was way too smart for her age so it seemed a bit unrealistic. It seemed to me that Patricia Heaton fell in love with Jeff Daniels a bit too fast. One minute they are avoiding each other, and then the next scene you see the two in a bathroom making out. The movie barely had any funny parts with the exception of two events.Overall, the move just seemed stupid after a bit watching it and could have been revised much better than it was shown as a television movie.

Antoinette w This movie was good at first. I loved the beginning of this movie, where Paula is an angry and bitter woman who has just been dumped on by her boyfriend. I loved the whole opposites attract thing she and Elliot had going on in the movie. The movie just took a different turn when Elliot professed his love to Paula. This made watching the movie a little painful with all the love scenes after huge arguments between the two. Lucy was a very interesting character. I liked the way she had the mind of a forty year old woman in such a young body. I also liked the way people talked. It gave you a sense of actually living in New York, where everyone speaks fast. Overall, this movie was good.

SalanderSaid Had I not seen the 1977 picture first, I would have gone into this with an open mind. However, I had, and it was completely dreadful. Somethings in life shouldn't be remade. I love the Dreyfuss/Mason version because it's a bittersweet film, meant for those who love either the actors at their best or the genre. Anyway.....I heard about this being made and I thought it wouldn't be too bad. I mean Patricia and Daniels are quite talented. Contrary to belief, this TV movie was gutter material with second rate acting. They put the actors with the wrong characters, so it all seemed trash. They placed Alan Cumming, a very talented actor, in a very underhanded and under minded role, so we rarely see him use his creative juices. Same with Daniels. Patricia,who one could have done without with her pathetic Albertsons ads, would have been almost bearable in another film. Leave the '77 masterpiece alone, don't kill it!