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4.0 out of 5 stars
Deeper than you think it is..., January 27, 2008
This review is from: Goodbye New York [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Please read the other reviews for an overview of major plot points. The film follows Julie Hagerty's character thru a series of different mishaps, in all of which she seems to come out of on top. However, as the movie progresses, you begin to see this ditsy "Type A" New Yorker show real character and ethical values as she turns down enough money to return to Paris and instead insists that a fruit dealer stop cheating the Kibbutz. In another equally poignant scene she exposes her roommates "boyfriend."
This is nice little indie comedy - nothing more, nothing less. The good guys and gals come out better off and the not-so-nice ones come up short.
It's fun and different.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Goodbye, New York...Hello, great movie!!, June 29, 2001
This review is from: Goodbye New York [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Well, to me, "Goodbye, New York" is a sweet, romantic comedy that is almost like "Sleepless in Seattle", but not quite. "Goodbye, New York" has Julie Hagerty's character playing an angry New Yorker who finds out that her husband has been cheating on her with another woman and leaves him. She gets on a plane to Paris, but eventually ends up in Tel Aviv and joins a group in the process. This is one of Julie Hagerty's better films to me, even though she was great in both "Airplane" movies and "What About Bob?". This is also kind of ironic because Julie is the only major star in the film. But that doesn't matter because this movie has comedy and a little bit of drama. "Goodbye, New York" also has a little bit of heart as well. Truly one of the better Julie Hagerty movies.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
NOTHING VERY CREATIVE HERE., January 26, 2005
This review is from: Goodbye New York [VHS] (VHS Tape)
It is difficult to imagine anything similar to a sound reason why Julie Hagerty decided to be involved with this woefully underfunded and banal film. The talented Hagerty who, along with Diane Keaton, has represented the quintessential contemporary suburban neurotic in American cinema for the past 20 years, cannot discover a way to bring this work up from its malnourished roots to a level of interest. The plot involves Hagerty's character's discovery of her husband's infidelity, resulting in her booking a flight to a longed-for Paris, a destination not achieved as she sleeps past the embarkation point in France, and finds herself in Israel with no luggage and little money, taking a place in a kibbutz in order to survive. The director and scriptor, Amos Kollek, son of long-time Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek (who is given a bit part), is also the male lead and romantic interest for Hagerty who has a difficult time, along with the viewer, in adopting the illusion that Kollek is interesting in the least. This activity is within a travelogue frame, resulting in a hybrid of a would-be comedy and propaganda piece. There is no character development, simply a flabby episodic structure marked by a subterranean level of taste. Virtually every scene is belabored by poor editing and sound quality and a lack of direction; only the opening moments, with Hagerty in a New York elevator expounding to all about her of her delight in quitting her employer, has any sparkle to it.
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