Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Apr 16 '05
Pros: good acting by Aniston and Gyllenhaal
Cons: uneven pacing of comedy and drama, ending
Summary: Life changes happen for a variety of reasons. Normally, a person reaches a time of one’s life and decides that they either haven’t achieved what they expected by that time or that they are just going through the motions in the life they are ... read more
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Jan 04 '07
Pros: Aniston. Dialogue.
Cons: Messy script.
Summary: Most of The Good Girl's scant detractors walked out asking, "What was this movie saying?" Well, the answer to that is: nothing. But that's the point. The title character grows up in a meaningless world which has left her desiccated and ... read more
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Nov 03 '04
Pros: good dialogue, good performances, biting wit
Cons: familiar genre of the young and disenchanted
Summary: I've always liked Jennifer Aniston, one of the few cast members from Friends I can happily exclude from that recurring fantasy of mine - the one where they're all aboard the same private plane - as it crashes into the side of a mountain. Some ... read more
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Jul 14 '04
Pros: Jennifer Anniston, John C. Reilley, solid script, sadly amusing and funny
Cons: not for everyone - must have a sarcastic wit to appreciate
Summary: After playing the "Friends" character Rachel for soooo long, I am sure that Jennifer Anniston was desperate to escape that role. Good news - she did just that with The Good Girl. A delightful and dark comedy about the rot of Justine's (Jennifer ... read more
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Jan 24 '04
Pros: Good actors, useful cinematography.
Cons: Good actors ruined by bad plot, depressing story-line, bored, confused and suicidal feelings left.
Summary: Personally, I think this movie really lacked any sort of taste, class, style, or most importantly, PLOT. The movie is basically about a "dreamer" trying to spice up her bleak and boring life, further resulting in the watcher's life to become just that ... read more
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Sep 10 '03
Pros: An Excellent Film from Miguel Arteta w/ Great Cast.
Cons: At Times, Film is a Bit Predictable on Some Spots.
Summary: When people think of the landscapes of Middle America, they think of wheat fields, flat lands and everything that is American. For some, the tone of Americana seems very bleak with people figuring where to go or what to do. The concept of Americana seem ... read more
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Sep 05 '03
Pros: The story, the performances, Aniston breaking in to a new type of actress
Cons: I wish it was longer.
Summary: I don't know where I've been. In between studying and doing laundry, I somehow turned the television to one of the cable movie stations and saw that Jennifer Aniston was in a movie called The Good Girl, so I decided to watch. The movie reeled me ... read more
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Jul 29 '03
Pros: Great acting, dark story, interesting moral and amoral tale.
Cons: ...a little too dark/vulgar for many "Friends" watchers...
Summary: Ya know, Jennifer Aniston has never been my favorite “Friend.” She’s very good looking, but I’ve al ... read more
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Jul 06 '03
Pros: Simplistic, good character development, real-to-life
Cons: None
Summary: Jennifer Aniston's character, Justine says, "being a girl is like a candystore." What she means by t ... read more
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Jun 01 '03
Pros: Wow Jennifer Aniston is SOOO cute! Really really cute in body and mind.
Cons: Wow Jennifer Aniston is really obnoxious in this movie.
Summary: What a surprising upset for me. This movie fails on every level I could rate it. Even with a great cast the movie fails to be any kind of comedy, and is in fact a depressing boring, and pointless piece of complete muck that fails in any way to please. ... read more
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May 07 '03
Pros: Good acting, some funny moments
Cons: It just kind of fades away
Summary: SPOILER WARNING: While writing this review, I’ve found it necessary to reveal a twist in the plot. I don’t give away The Final Twist, but I do give away one of the major ones. It’s not that hard to see it coming, and this movie isn’t ... read more
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Apr 19 '03
Pros: great acting, wonderful script, direction
Cons: some details felt artificial
Summary: The Good Girl is a strange and cloudy tale about choices and consequences. A pitch-black dark comedy so moody and sad it almost makes Punch-Drunk Love appear lighthearted.
Justine (Jenifer Aniston) is 30 years old and stuck in a mind-numbing ... read more
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Mar 24 '03
Pros: Great movie, brilliant acting.
Cons: DEPRESSING AS HELL!!
Summary: Jennifer Aniston delivers a fantastic performance as a virtual zombie, having allowed life to suck all of hers away, leaving her an empty shell of a person.
I feel this is, in the technical sense, a great movie. However, it is so depressing ... read more
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Mar 21 '03
Pros: Holds interest, interesting ending
Cons: Not funny, lacks something.
Summary: A movie had just came out that my husband and his friends were just dying to see so they all decided to go out on a Saturday night and see it. This left me home alone with the kids on Saturday night. Normally we play cards or games with friends on ... read more
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Mar 19 '03
Pros: Great acting, fun to see Aniston shine
Cons: Droopy and some may not enjoy the satire
Summary: I've always thought that of the Friends cast, Jennifer Aniston was the only actress with the charisma and talent to move beyond the sit-com and strike it on her own. The only problem for Aniston would be convincing her loyal following of Friends fans ... read more
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