Themes: Starting Over, Opposites Attract, Single Parents
Main Cast: Jeff Daniels, Patricia Heaton, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Lynda Boyd, Alan Cumming
Release Year: 2004
Country: US
Run Time: 135 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
The TNT cable network aired this made-for-TV version of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl in January 2004. Jeff Daniels stars as Elliot Garfield, an actor who subleases an apartment in New York City. Unfortunately, the apartment is already occupied by dancer Paula McFadden (Patricia Heaton) and her daughter, Lucy (Hallie Kate Eisenberg). Apparently, Paula's boyfriend decided to secretly sublease his part of the apartment before he left her. Paula and Elliot agree to share the apartment, even though they get on each other's nerves. While she desperately searches for a job and he struggles through a difficult production of Richard III, they end up falling in love. Eventually their love is tested when Elliot gets a job offer in Seattle. Contemporary pop artists Hootie & the Blowfish contribute to the soundtrack. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Nancy Foy - Casting, Richard Benjamin - Director, Jacqueline Cambas - Editor, Neil Simon - Executive Producer, Don Safran - Executive Producer, David Collins - Executive Producer, Ron Ziskin - Executive Producer, John Frizzell - Composer (Music Score), Franco DeCotiis - Production Designer, Danny Nowak - Cinematographer, Richard Benjamin - Producer, Timothy Marx - Producer, Richard Benjamin - Screenwriter, Neil Simon - Screenwriter
