Forgiveness Girl vs Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Forgiveness Girl has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Looking for Mr. Goodbar). Forgiveness Girl is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 16m. Looking for Mr. Goodbar is the older of the two (1977 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Forgiveness Girl posterForgiveness Girl2025 VS Looking for Mr. Goodbar posterLooking for Mr. Goodbar1977
Forgiveness GirlLooking for Mr. Goodbar
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.3/10
Year20251977
Length1h 51m2h 16m
GenresDrama, FamilyDrama
CountryUS–
DirectorRob DiamondRichard Brooks
Main castWalter Platz, Scarlett Diamond, Mia Hansen, Melinda YeamanRichard Gere, William Atherton, Tom Berenger, Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld

Synopsis

Forgiveness Girl

A little girl with cerebral palsy is relentlessly bullied throughout her life, yet finds it in her heart to forgive by seeking strength from a higher source above.

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she begins to engage in a pattern of dangerous sexual activity.

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