Goodbye Lover 1999

Critics score:
29 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Once the thud of its wooden dialogue has settled into a deadly mechanical clomp -- about 10 minutes into the film -- you wonder why this risible movie didn't go straight to video. Read more

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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A neo-noir that puts the 'lack' in black comedy! Read more

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Goodbye Lover is not so much a story as some kind of a board game, with too many pieces and not enough rules. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Read more

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Desson Thomson, Washington Post: The movie becomes so convoluted in its wry-noir scheme and narrative twisteroos, it turns banal and wearisome. Read more