1980s
As the 1980s dawned, Mulligan found work harder to come by, succeeding in directing only two films by the end of the decade. Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), starring Sally Field, James Caan and Jeff Bridges, was an attempt at a comedic remake of the Brazilian film Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, but was both a critical and commercial failure. Clara's Heart (1987), starring Whoopi Goldberg and a young Neil Patrick Harris, was released five years later to more negative box office numbers and reviews, and was panned on television by Siskel and Ebert. It has, however, received recent praise from film professor Robert Keser.
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