The Good Girl (DVD)

The Good Girl is the sad tale of a desperate woman, Justine Last has been doing the same thing ever since High School, she has always worked as a checkout clerk at the Retail Rodeo (a tacky, cheap supermarket that only has around ten costumers) is living in an emotionless environment with her dull husband of seven years and doesn't know where to go from here. Sick of her quiet, cold life she embarks on a gentle and passionate affair with another sales clerk at the store, a twenty two year old, named Holden. Holden is obsessed with the Catcher in the Rye and is convinced that nobody in the whole world understands him, apart from Justine. Holden is a sullen ...  Read the complete review

"The Good Girl" made a considerable splash a few years ago because it proved that Jennifer Aniston could play a character OTHER than Rachel Green. A low-key, low-budget film, "The Good Girl" is interesting, sweet and well worth a watch. Its not a perfect movie by any stretch of the imagination but nevertheless, its a good film. Aniston plays Justine, a bored and depressed thirty-something working in a dead end job in a Texan ghost town with a clueless husband (John C Reilly). Her life revolves around days working at the local "Retail Rodeo" discount store, and her evenings watching TV with her husband; who would rather spend the ...  Read the complete review

The Good Girl is definitely not my usual type of movie but after noticing all the big names it modestly contains, I decided to give it a try. The film is a drama starring Jennifer Anniston as Justine Last; a depressed and unmotivated Retail Rodeo worker who's married to her clueless husband (John C. Reilly). He's more interested in his best friend "Bubba" (Tim Blake Nelson) and getting stoned and Justine ends up having an affair with a troubled and new co-worker, who names himself "Holden" after the character from Catcher of the Rye. There are further sub-plots but I don't want to spoil anything. For some reason, this movie keeps being ...  Read the complete review

The Good Girl is apparently also known as the film that proved Jennifer Aniston can act. I suppose it was nice to see that Aniston could play a character other than Rachel Greene from Friends! The Good Girl, released in 2002, features Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal as the main two characters, which John. C Reilly having a large part too. The film follows Justine (Aniston) as a lonely 30-year old, living in Texas, with a job she doesn't enjoy. At home her husband Paul (Reilly) spends much of his time getting drunk or high with his friend Bubba (Tim Blake Nelson) rather than spending proper time with Justine. Holden Worther (Gyllenhaal) starts working at ...  Read the complete review

**Background** In Jennifer Aniston's 11th film since 1993's Leprechaun debut, we finally see a bit of grit and passion put into a role as a downtrodden, childless housewife in smalltown America. **Plot** She plays Justine Last. Known to those close to her - and this number doubles throughout the film – as “Teeny” she works in a discount store on the edge of town, not dissimilar to our Wilkinsons. It sells all manner of cheap household products and some clothing and is portrayed excellently as possibly the most boring place to work. It’s the boredom of her existence and working life that is captured so beautifully and atmospherically in this film. ...  Read the complete review