The Good Girl Reviews

The Good Girl Review
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5/4)
THE GOOD GIRL (2002) 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly, Tim Blake Nelson, Mike White, Zooey Deschanel and Deborah Rush. Written by Mike White. Directed by Miguel Arteta. Rated R. Running time: 93 minutes. more

The Good Girl Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 6/10)
PLOT: A nice married girl in a small town is bored with her routine life. She looks around her workplace one day and notices a peculiar boy reading a book. The next thing you know, the two are connecting on various levels and she is suddenly...more

The Good Girl Review
by Rose 'Bams' Cooper
THE GOOD GIRL (2002) Rated R; running time 93 minutes Studio: Fox Searchlight Genre: Dramedy Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan) Official site: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thegoodgirl/ IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0279113 Written...more

The Good Girl Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10)
Susan Granger's review of "The Good Girl" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Jennifer Aniston transforms herself from "Friends" Rachel Green into an unhappy adulteress in this working-class drama. She's 30 year-old Justine, a frustrated, small-town...more

The Good Girl Review
by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: B)
GOOD GIRL, THE (director: Miguel Arteta; screenwriter: Mike White; cinematographer: Enrique Chediak; editor: Jeff Betancourt; music: Stephen Thomas Cavit; cast: Jennifer Aniston (Justine Last), Mike White (Corny), Jake Gyllenhaal (Holden Worther),...more

The Good Girl Review
by Eugene Novikov (Rating: C+)
I'm not sure exactly what to make of Miguel Arteta's The Good Girl. It's an extremely peculiar movie. I enjoyed it as entertainment -- it has some great performances, and a sharp script -- but try as I might, I couldn't make heads or tails of it...more

The Good Girl Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B+)
"The world is a giant candy store when you're young" laments 30-year old Justine Last (Jennifer Aniston), married for seven years to her pot-smoking, ambitionless house painter husband Phil (John C. Reilly). She works at the cosmetics counter at the...more

The Good Girl Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B)
Justine (Jennifer Anniston) is bored with her 7 year marriage to pothead housepainter Phil (John C. Reilly, "The Perfect Storm") and her numbing job behind the cosmetics counter at the Retail Rodeo in a small Texas town. When she spies the soulful...more

The Good Girl Review
by Karina Montgomery
It's difficult to describe this movie without giving too much away, but what I will say is that the marketing for the film is not really all that accurate. Jennifer Aniston plays Justine, an unhappy woman working at the Retail Rodeo, watching her...more

The Good Girl Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4)
In Miguel Arteta's THE GOOD GIRL, Jennifer Aniston delivers an incredible, amazing performance against type, as a severely depressed woman stuck in an unhappy marriage. Her bitterly sad character really got to me, so much so that I'd love to see Aniston...more

The Good Girl Review
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3/4)
Rating out of 4 stars: 3 Reviewed by Harvey Karten Fox Searchlight Pictures Director:Miguel Arteta Writer: Mike White Cast:Jennifer Anniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly, Tim Blake Nelson, Zooey Deschanel, Mike White, Deborah Rush, John Carroll...more