When this movie was released, it was really controversial even though it came out during the height of the swinging '70s. It's a movie that I didn't like too much when I first saw it on TV in the late '70s. Over time though, this movie has really grown on me. It's about a woman that is a teacher of deaf children by day, and a swinging disco mama by night. She is trying to come to terms with her sexuality & relationships, but always seems to have to confront conflict with her family or the men she meets. What always amazed me about this movie was the loser men she meets throughout. This is why I have always affectionately titled this movie as "Looking For Mr. Nutbar" The atmosphere is dark & seedy, and can be a depressing movie to watch-especially the heart wrenching end. This doesn't take away from the movie, it just adds some '70s flavour to it! If you are a fan of Diane Keaton, or like movies from the '70s, this is a great choice for your video library.

Diane Keaton is heart breaking as Theresa Dunn, the teacher of the deaf in the morning and a prowler at night. Everything seems to be going right for her till she meets the wrong man trying to get away from the wrong man. The films horrifying ending is one not to miss. Diane Keaton is explosive. Richard Gere is excellent, and Tuesday Weld, in her Oscar nominated role for Best Supporting Actress of 1977, is heart breaking. A film not to be missed. Enjoy the show!

Even in 1999, this movie that made a statement on the debauchery of the seventies, is still relevant today. The story of a young lady out on her own for the first time, free from her morality preaching catholic dad and hungry to indulge in the night life. A frequenter of the area bar scene, Keaton hops from dive to dive, man to man in an attempt to whet her insatiable sexual appetite. An interesting, if dark look at the bar scene and all its unpredictability. Directed with a style of its own, and a good eye for character development, "Goodbar" is an excellent film - one of the best of the seventies. It's also one of the most chilling endings of any movie I've ever seen - one that leaves you almost gasping. Much of the subject matter of this film won't have the same shocking effect it had upon it's original release in the mid-seventies, but that doesn't make this movie any less disturbing. This is still a movie that is just as relative today, as it was some 25 years ago.