The Good Girl Movie Review 2002

Justine (Aniston) spends her days in the retail hell of Retail Rodeo, a West Texas discount mart, and her nights with her pothead housepainter hubby (Reilly), while longing for something better in director Arteta's excellent and biting indie dramedy. She finds just that in college dropout and new employee, the self-named Holden (as in Caufield) played by Gyllenhaal. Justine and the brooding, malcontent (read: would-be writer) embark on an affair with interesting results. Small-screen star Aniston gives an excellent, convincing performance. Deschanel is a standout as Cheryl, who makes creative use of the store's PA system for the benefit of the unaware, zombie-like customers. Nelson is the narrow-minded boss who provides a good portion of the comedy. Successful re-teaming of Arteta and actor/writer White.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 93 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Marriage, Adultery, Salespeople, Reefer Madness, Obsessive Love, Pregnant Pauses, Workin' for a Livin'

Screenplay

Mike White

Cast

Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly, Tim Blake Nelson, Zooey Deschanel, Mike White, Deborah Rush, John Carroll Lynch, John Doe, Roxanne Hart

Cinematography

Enrique Chediak

Director

Miguel Arteta

Other

Yehuda Maayan, Margaret Yen, Jeff Betancourt, Macie Venier, Nancy Steiner, Daniel Bradford

Producer

Matthew Greenfield, Myriad Pictures, In Motion Productions, Flan de Coco, Fox Searchlight

Awards

Ind. Spirit 2003: Screenplay.