The Goodbye Girl

            Niel Simon writes and directs this film about a true odd couple. Marsha Mason plays Pamela, a divorced mother who finds that me always say goodbye to her and her precocious 10 year old, Lucy. The most recent goodbye actually sublet their apartment out from under them, and turned Pamela into a raging Tigress, afraid her daughter will suffer poor upbringing without their apartment.

            Enter Elliot Garfield (Richard Dreyfuss, Jaws), the new tenant, and a real piece of work actor. He is off Broadway for the first time, and demands such things as late night guitar, personal meditation, strutting around nude, and eating all natural. He’s a real piece of work.

            Yadah Yadah Yadah, eventually they fall in love, and what’s better is that Elliot takes a real shine to Lucy, and cares more about her than Pamela at one point. It’s lame, because they go off sleeping with eachother will nilly, and Pamela is a big dummy, I spent almost the whole movie not liking her, but, in the end, it’s a pretty good flick, reminds you you’re a sinner. And stuff. 2. The subplot is pretty funny, Elliot’s director makes him play Richard III gay. That’s funny.