Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

Nominated for 2 Academy Awards:

Best Supporting Actress: Tuesday Weld

Best Cinematography

 

I watched this film because I was curious about Tuesday’s acting nomination, I don’t think I’d seen her before, I know she was a teen star in the late 50s. I was also curious about Diane Keaton; this film came out the same year she won the Oscar for Annie Hall, and I know some people were saying had she not been nominated for Annie Hall, this would’ve been a sure alternative.

And I can’t say that I agree with that, she is OK in the film, but the role and the performance feel… incomplete. At the end of the film I am not sure I could tell what this woman was all about. It’s a film about lust and a woman’s (almost destructive) sexual explorations, but they’re presented mostly on the surface, hinting towards trauma, but not exploiting enough the passion and what it means for her. It’s a dramatic story, loosely inspired by a real case, but with a problematic ending and I worry about the message it’s trying to send.

Also, Tuesday Weld is fine, but quite forgettable, not exactly worthy of a nomination. That was one of the weakest Best Supporting Actress races ever.

 

I give it: 6/10

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