Review of The Goodbye Girl (1977) by Maf C — 12 Jun 2007

It has to be the best love story-Dreyfuss was makin a Movie every 5 minutes at the time but totally convinced me in this one.Lovely David Gates soundtrack.

This review of The Goodbye Girl (1977) was written by Maf C on 12 Jun 2007.

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