WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

noonoonomore Wow!!!!! I'm shocked to see people calling "Cake" her only good and Oscar worthy performance.This movie was beautiful. Jake Gyllenhaal was very good as well. I read "The Catcher in the Rye" before watching this movie in order to be able to absolutely feel it, for I am an Aniston fan and also read some good reviews about this movie; and man that was a good decision. Any of us would feel separated from the world and everyone close to us from time to time; I guess Justine was one of us. An ordinary person with an ordinary boredom of life, so when she met Holden, well he was right for that short time, before she got pregnant and felt kinda alright again like many of us do, when slight changes happens in our lives. Holden, on the other hand, I don't think he would have ever been happy even if she had left with him and eventually all that anger and loneliness would have burst out one way or the other.Now Jennifer did a swell job here, and I know this movie came out when she was still doing Friends alongside loads and loads of romantic comedies, so it's even more underrated and especially when Renée Zellweger got so much attention for that not-so-bright comedy "Bridget Jones".Approach this with cautious, this is Not a typical Aniston comedy. Heck it's not even a comedy, just pitch black.

Mr Black It's been a while since I've seen this film. My original copy was actually on VHS, so had to wait to find a DVD. I like this movie from the start to the finish. Great characters all the way through which for me is the best part of the movie. Great acting as well. You can actually feel Justine's (Jennifer Aniston) pain at being stuck in a small town with a lousy job and the feeling that life is going nowhere. Lots of quirky turns in this film as well as the story goes along. Fun story with a lot o reality to it. I think it's one of Jennifer's best, but then I pretty much like everything she's in. Great actress.

KineticSeoul Okay so the basic premise of this movie is about a married woman that works in retail and is unhappy with her life so she goes off and has a affair. Now I am not really a fan of Jennifer Aniston, but it's nice to see she is doing something new and her acting his actually pretty good in this and sort of memorable. The plot just wasn't that good although sort of engaging at times, but that is about it. Lot of the minor characters are pointless in this also and doesn't really serve a purpose in the story and just isn't developed well at all. Jake Gyllenhaal however put on a great performance though, since his character is realistic mostly because I seen some people act the way he does and he played it almost flawlessly. Although his character got weirder as the movie progressed. The movie is sort of like a black comedy with hardly any humor, and the direction just isn't executed very well either. In fact the movie starts out pretty well but I started to lose interest as the film progressed. Overall it's a pretty forgetful movie, the only memorable aspect of this movie is Aniston and Gyllenhaal performances. The other parts are just alright, nothing really special besides the premise of it which I liked.5.5/10

Christian_Dimartino We're so used to seeing Jeniifer Aniston in all of these dreadful romance movies, like Love happens(ugh). But there were times where she did something fresh. Like her role in friends, and in 2002's The Good girl, which she gives her best performance.Aniston plays Justine, a woman who is in a marriage that she can't stand, a job she can't stand. Well, to sum it up, she is depressed.He life changes and goes downhill when she meets Holden(played terrificly by Jake Gylenhaal), who also hates his life.So from then on the two begins to sleep with each other. And eventually her husband's(played by John C. Reilly) friend(played by Tim Blake Nelson) finds out and blackmails her with sex. And the film really spirals out of control onto dark comedy material.The good girl is really original and really funny. And a tad bit insane. And very surprising. The performance by Jennifer Aniston is her best. This is also director Miguel Arteta's(Youth in revolt) best film too. The Good girl is a great film. It's really not what you're expecting. It's funny, dramatic, dark. One of the best films of 2002. I loved this movie.The Good girl:4/4