# Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

> A dedicated teacher’s secret nightlife spirals into a bleak collision of sexual compulsion, drugs, and urban danger.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/23658

## Facts

- Runtime: 136 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Richard Brooks
- Cast: Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton, Richard Kiley, Richard Gere, Alan Feinstein, Tom Berenger, Priscilla Pointer
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076327/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: grim, harrowing, intimate, serious movie night, 1970s cinema retrospective

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