Goodbye Lover (1998)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Roland Joffé

Writers (WGA):

Ron Peer (story)
Ron Peer (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

16 April 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

No one's ever been so good at being so bad.

Plot:

Ben and Sandra are hot and provocative lovers, but Sandra is unfortunately married to Ben's younger brother Jake...

Plot Keywords:

Insurance Fraud | Syringe | Police Corruption | Sergeant | Cynicism

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Patricia Arquette	...	Sandra Dunmore
Dermot Mulroney	...	Jake Dunmore
Mary-Louise Parker	...	Peggy Blane
Ellen DeGeneres	...	Sgt. Rita Pompano
Ray McKinnon	...	Rollins
Alex Rocco	...	Det. Crowley
Don Johnson	...	Ben Dunmore
Andre Gregory	...	Rev. Finlayson
John Neville	...	Bradley
JoNell Kennedy	...	Evelyn (as Jo Nell Kennedy)
Akane Nelson	...	Receptionist
Kevin Cooney	...	Company Man #1
Will Stewart	...	Dennis
Nina Siemaszko	...	Newscaster
David Brisbin	...	Mr. Brodsky

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, language and violence.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Australia:MA | Philippines:R-18 | UK:15 | Canada:14A | France:U | Germany:16 (bw) | Spain:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Regency Enterprises

Trivia:

Last cinema film of George Furth.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: Reflected in the windshield of Ben's car when he and Sandra are standing in the driveway of the homeowners who came home early.

Quotes:

Sergeant Rita Pompano: Oh, now this makes me sick. Woman gets four million dollars for spilling coffee on herself. I do that every morning, what do I get? Coffee stains.

Movie Connections:

Features Mildred Pierce (1945)

Soundtrack:

I Have Confidence

Exhausting twists and wrong turns...

Shady married couple conspire to knock-off the husband's rich brother, but when the wife finds out her husband is in cahoots with the brother's spouse, she does some conspiring of her own. Over-plotted mystery-comedy-drama sat a long while on the shelf. Highly mediocre picture does have a great character for Patricia Arquette to play, but it still isn't funny enough nor convincing enough to make much of an impression. Though directed by the esteemed Roland Jaffe, this is just a cartoonish doodle that only served to give several under-used actors (Don Johnson, Ellen DeGeneres, Dermot Mulroney, Mary Louise Parker) a chance to be "colorful". End result is exhausting and tedious. ** from ****