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The Good Girl centers
on a group of people in a small Texas town working at a discount
retail store. Each is unhappy in his own way and searching for
escape.
This movie is a pleasant surprise with
a clever, well-constructed script, and is sensitive to its delicate
balance and not afraid to make sudden shifts from comic to tragic
situations.
It's packed with hayseed humor but maintains
empathy, making you care what happens to them.
A well worth treat for me. |
Jennifer Aniston shines in this character-study
of a discount store employee trying to break the isolation of
the tiny Texas town that holds her prisoner.
From boredom to infidelity to blackmail,
it's one mistake after another (with humorous results).
A stellar cast helps round out the rough
edges, and it's smooth sailing all the way to the end.
The Good Girl is
a good little film. |
Jennifer Aniston plays a small-town woman
with a boring job and a lifeless marriage. She sees a chance
to quicken her pulse when she hooks up with one of her discount
store co-workers.
The Good Girl is
an effective look at life in a dead-end existence. It's a work
of some substance and requires your attention, a real study of
characters.
The ending is not happy, but has a fitting
one.
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