Goodbye Solo

Goodbye Solo (2008)

  • 95% of critics liked it
    (102 reviews)

  • 81% of users liked it
    (4,331 ratings)

A Senegalese taxi driver living in Winston-Salem, NC, makes the decision to befriend a depressive passenger with a tragic plan in director Ramin Bahrani's deeply humanistic drama. Solo (Souléymane Sy Savané) is a cab driver who believes that everyone should be engaged and concerned with one… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Bahareh Azimi, Ramin Bahrani
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 27, 2009 Wide
Roadside Attractions

Critic Reviews

  • Ronnie Scheib, Variety

    Utterly engrossing dual-character study, unfolding with a serene disregard for indie quirkiness, Goodbye Solo radiates authenticity.

  • Ben Walters, Time Out

    An endearing character piece shot through with beauty and humility in which, thanks to his leads' open, sometimes vulnerable performances, tolerance and respect take precedence.

  • Gautaman Bhaskaran, Hollywood Reporter

    It is both funny and sad, placid and provocative and, above all, hopeful and despairing.

  • Greg Quill, Toronto Star

    Every moment -- including a physically exhausting climactic scene that both confounds expectations and compounds the film's poetic majesty -- is evidence of a masterpiece.

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    What happens in Goodbye Solo meets the complex demands of good classic storytelling.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bruce B


    Nothing short of Excellent. About a man who is about to end his life, and Solo played by Souléymane Sy Savané does everything he can't to prevent it from happing. Not one you will see on any film list but a top ten in my book. 5 Stars. Filmed in and around Blowing Rock North… More

  • Alireza M


    It deserved more attention.This small,independent movie easily touches our heart.

  • danny d


    a beautiful piece of cinema and one of the more underrated films of 2009. a very unique story and incredible performance by savane, the story is stripped down to nothing but the essentials. the film poses dozens of questions and answers only a few of them, but for this story it… More

  • Mike N


    As much as this title could've worked for the events at the end of Empire Strikes Back, a sequence of events forever frozen in movie carbonite of awesomeness, it somehow works better here. Goodbye Solo is a terrific movie of simple yet profound emotional power, under the… More

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]"Goodbye Solo" is another heartfelt slice of life movie from Ramin Bahrani that is sadly not able to measure up to his previous two efforts. This time around, he is a bit more ambitious in telling the story of Solo(Souleymane Sy Savane), a cab driver… More

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