Goodbye Lover
“No one's ever been so good at being so bad.”
1998 · 1 h 42 min
Roland JofféCast
Patricia Arquette 
Dermot Mulroney 
Mary-Louise Parker Ellen DeGeneres 
Ray McKinnon 
Alex Rocco
Credits
Written by: Ron Peer
Plot
A man having an affair with his brother's wife disappears, and the police investigate a tangle of lies.
Sinekatalog’s take
Roland Joffé's black comedy, with Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney and Ray Liotta, is twisty but weak.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.6 / 10 (4,633 votes)
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