Goodbye lover
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Goodbye lover |
| Original title | Goodbye lover |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK from 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Roland Joffé |
| script | Ron Peer , Joel Cohen , Alec Sokolow |
| production | Chris Daniel , Patrick McDarrah , Alexandra Milchan , Joel Roodman |
| music | John Ottman |
| camera | Dante Spinotti |
| cut | William Steinkamp |
| occupation | |
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Goodbye Lover is a comedy film directed by Roland Joffé in 1998 in the United States .
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Sandra Dunmore is married to Jake, who has a drinking problem. Jake's older brother, Ben, is Sandra's lover. Jake finds out about the affair.
Sandra and Jake apparently planned Ben's murder together for a long time. His life insurance is $ 4 million. Police officers Rita Pompano and Detective Crowley, a Mormon , are investigating.
At first, as the brother, Jake appears to be the one to whom the life insurance would be paid out. In an interview with the investigators, Peggy Blane, a colleague of Ben and Jake, says that she has been married to Ben for a few days and that they did not want to make this known until a few days later. Sandra now hires a killer to murder Peggy.
Peggy and Jake are having an affair. Jake tells the killer to kill Sandra, not Peggy. Sandra follows Peggy and Jake, who ride their motorcycle to a cabin in the mountains. She buys a used car at a gas station and pays with cash, which she withdraws from the machine shortly beforehand. With the car she pushes Peggy and Jake off the street, they die in the process.
Pompano blackmailed Dunmore, who is said to have received a total of eight million dollars from the life insurance of the Dunmore brothers. She tells Dunmore that she found the receipt for the cash withdrawal. Dunmore agrees to give half of the money to Pompano. The hired killer breaks into Dunmore's apartment, Pompano shoots him.
At the end you can see friends Pompano and Dunmore doing some shopping together. They meet Crowley, wondering why Pompano is getting retired so well. He later tells the camera that it is nice when good things happen to good people.
Reviews
- Desson Howe in the " Washington Post " on April 16, 1999: The film is caught in the scheme of film noir , it seems banal. Patricia Arquette takes care of the funny moments and looks sexy.
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Roger Ebert in the " Chicago Sun-Times " of April 16, 1999: The plot is similar to a labyrinth. The film is very bad.
Awards
- Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award (Nomination - 2000)
- The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
Web links
- Goodbye Lover in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Goodbye Lover at rotten tomatoes (English)