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GOOD GIRL
There is at least some hope in the ending
shots of the film, that allows us to see the good that can come
even after the evil that we have allowed in our lives. There is
a reminder that even when we have sinned -- even when we have gone
far beyond where I ever dreamed of going -- there is still the chance
to turn back and joy that can be found even in the lives that have
seemed to be so much like a prison.
Review by Darrel Manson |
THE GOOD GIRL
(2002)
This page was created on August 27, 2002
This page was last updated on
August 21, 2003
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| CREDITS |
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Directed by Miguel Arteta
Written
by Mike White
Jennifer
Aniston .... Justine Last
Mike White .... Corny
Jake Gyllenhaal .... Holden Worther
Deborah Rush .... Gwen Jackson
John Carroll Lynch .... Jack Field, Your Store Manager
John C. Reilly .... Phil Last
Tim Blake Nelson .... Bubba
Zooey Deschanel .... Cheryl
John Doe .... Mr. Worther
Roxanne Hart .... Mrs. Worther
Michael Hyatt .... Floberta
Jon Shere .... Lester (as Jonathan Shere)
Jacquie Barnbrook .... Heavyset Woman
Annie O'Donnell .... Haggard Woman
Alice Ampter .... Big Haired Woman
Jean Rhodes .... Old Woman
Aimee Garcia .... Nurse
Lalo Guerrero .... Blackberry Vendor
Ken Rudulph .... Reporter
Produced
by
Carol Baum .... executive producer
Kirk D'Amico .... executive producer
Shelly Glasser .... co-producer
Matthew Greenfield .... producer
Gina Kwon .... co-producer
Philip von Alvensleben .... executive producer
Original music by Tony Maxwell, James O'Brien, Mark Orton,
Joey Waronker, Andrew Gross (main titles) and Stephen Thomas Cavit
(additional music)
Cinematography by Enrique Chediak
Film Editing by Jeff Betancourt
MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality, some language and drug content.
Runtime: 93
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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| SYNOPSIS
It's her last best chance... is she going to take it? |
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Jennifer Aniston is Justine, the title character of THE GOOD GIRL.
Justine, though, is no longer a girl - she is grown up, married and
longs to start a family. Without a doubt her husband, Phil loves her,
but they have so far been unable to conceive, and Justine wonders
if all the pot he smokes with his best friend Bubba might be the reason
why.
One
day at work, Justine discovers something of a soul mate in Holden,
a creative, passionate young man who represents a chance for Justine
to escape into a new world of emotional and sexual awakening. But
when the affair quickly moves from liberation to poisonous obsession,
Justine finds herself ensnared in a chaotic web of blackmail, larceny
and love.
Is
Justine ultimately a good girl? Can she make the right choice between
her dependable husband and disturbed lover? Written by Mike White
and directed by Miguel Arteta, THE GOOD GIRL gives Aniston the chance
to create a character with the complexity of a present-day suburban
Emma Bovary.
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Review by
DARREL MANSON BLOG
Pastor,
Artesia Christian Church, Artesia, CA
http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch01198
Darrel
has an incredible love and interest in the cinematic arts. His
reviews usually include independent and significantly important
film.
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 At
first, I thought I'd let The Good Girl go by without comment. I wasn't
especially impressed. The performances were very good, but the characters
portrayed were a bit too cartoonish. There's really no one in the
film to sympathize with. They all have made bad choices and continue
to make bad choices. Why should we feel bad (or feel anything) for
these losers who are just living out their past mistakes? I think
underneath the humor, there could well be a subconscious disdain and
contempt for those people who have not really found a place within
"the American Dream."
But as I began work on an upcoming sermon on Romans 12:9-21, the ending
of that lesson made me think of The Good Girl. Paul writes: "Do not
be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." And so I began
to think again about the film and what it tells us about good and
evil.
 In
the story about Cain and Abel, God warns Cain, "If you do not do well,
sin is lurking at the door." To be sure, sin is lurking at the doors
of the characters of The Good Girl. The boredom of life, feeling trapped,
wanting to be something else, being overwhelmed by one's own mediocrity.
Sin lurks at the door waiting for an opportunity.
 It
plays out in Phil and Bubba sitting around after work getting high.
It plays out in Cheryl's acerbic comments to customers and her "cirque
du face" makeovers. It plays out in Bubba's rape by blackmail. It
plays out especially in the attraction and adultery between Justine
and Holden. There are always those times when sin is there lurking
at the door waiting for a chance to come into our lives.
Each time the characters let sin in the door, it only makes their
lives worse. Often it seems good and right at the time, but down the
road there is a cost. Sometimes down the road there is a line that,
if crossed, may change things forever.
 "Do
not," Paul wrote, "be overcome by evil." That of course is the danger.
It's not just that sin may find its way in the door -- it does with
all of us. But the real risk is that we will let evil overcome us.
Justine builds sin upon sin, lie upon lie, until she comes to a place
where she is about to be overwhelmed. At that point it comes down
to whether or not she is going to be good or not -- whether she will
be overcome by evil -- or whether her good will overcome the evil.
There is at least some hope in the ending shots of the film, that
allows us to see the good that can come even after the evil that we
have allowed in our lives. There is a reminder that even when we have
sinned -- even when we have gone far beyond where I ever dreamed of
going -- there is still the chance to turn back and joy that can be
found even in the lives that have seemed to be so much like a prison. |
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