- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Fox Video
- Release Date: Jun 1 2004
- Run Time: 93 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (149 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000797IO
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #14,521 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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Jennifer Aniston turns in "a fantastic performance" (Us Weekly) in this quirky comedy about first encounters and second chances. Thirty-year-old Justine Last (Aniston) longs for a life more fulfilling than the one she leads with her boring husband (John C. Reilly) and dead-end job a the Retail Rodeo. But when a passionate young co-worker (Jake Gyllenhaal) catches her eye and steals her heart, Justine's good-girl existences takes a turn for the worse- with unexpected and comical results.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Smart comedy/drama with strong perfomances,
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This review is from: The Good Girl (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
An intelligent, well acted, sometimes funny, sometimes sad
look at the dead end reality of small town life. There's also something a tiny bit condescending about it. It sometimes feels distanced from and judgmental of it's own characters and world. And occasionally it pushed a little hard to be `quirky'. But it more than makes up for any flaws it with its good, true moments, both dramatic and comic. And it has stayed in my memory in an ever more positive way.
1.0 out of 5 stars
All too real,
By Virus (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Good Girl (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
First off, this movie has some great acting...it's understated because the subject matter never strays from the mundane.
My problem with this movie is that there is no magic. No greater storytelling art. The plot reads like a page from a small town's newspaper. The movie is overall fairly depressing. It starts off with Aniston's character in a crappy point in her life. The story evolves and things just seem to spiral out of control for her. The events serve no larger purpose however. In the end there is no lesson to be gleaned, no 'light at the end of the tunnel', the downward spiral is just like watching a person slowly ruin their life. I found this movie far too real. The story is the kind of thing you could find out about your neighbour. It's frustrating to watch a movie this dark, and for it to have no purpose or message to the despair. It's like a reminder you don't need that the world is a crappy place sometimes.
4.0 out of 5 stars
intriguing start descends into formulaic,
This review is from: The Good Girl (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
This movie starts out with an intriguing situation. Jennifer Aniston plays a depressed Retail Rodeo employee with a pig of a husband. She plays the role convincingly, making viewers feel the world of a small-town Texas woman. When she meets a new employee, a disturbed but more intellectual young man, she thinks she's found an escape from her daily drudgery. From this point on, events spiral downhill and the movie becomes disappointingly predictable. The element of surprise is lost and viewers are taken on a formulaic ride where predictable consequences come from foreseen actions. It's not a bad movie to watch on those nights when you want something light, just don't expect surprises.
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