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The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 16, 2004

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

Comedy, Romance, TV Movie

User Score

55%

Original Title

The Goodbye Girl

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Television, Turner Network Television

Director

Richard Benjamin

Description

Musical dancer on the way out (at 36) Paula McFadden had it swell with actor Tony DeSanti, but instead of taking her to Hollywood he gets a European movie part. He even sublets their (his) New York apartment to Elliot Garfield, who generously lets her stay, even keeping the master bedroom. Pragmatic pre-teen daughter Lucy soon takes to his charm, but Paula remains determined to hate all actors. Despite the stress of a Broadway Shakespeare lead he must play too queer for Frisco, he's determined to snatch romance from ingratitude.