Looking for Eric because the film festival was "in receipt of financial support from the State of Israel". The book for "Looking For Eric" is published by Route Publishing. It includes the full screenplay, extra scenes, colour photographs from the film and on set, and introductions from Paul Laverty, Ken Loach, Eric Cantona and production notes from the cast and crew. In July 2014, "Looking for Eric" had an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film won the Magritte Award for Best Film in Coproduction. Roger Ebert, who had praised many of Ken Loach's previous works, gave the film two stars out of
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film) in the novel as somewhat of a "Plain Jane". Author Judith Rossner "detested" the film, although she praised Keaton's performance. Rossner added, "I feel like the mother who delivered her 13-year-old daughter to the door of Roman Polanski and didn't know what was going to happen." Robert O. Friedel, MD, has suggested that Theresa's behavior in the film is consistent with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" introduced Richard Gere, LeVar Burton and Tom Berenger, all as men whom Theresa encounters. The film also inspired the music video for the 1993 Madonna song "Bad Girl". In