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The Good Girl

  • 2002
  • R
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
46K
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Jennifer Aniston, John C. Reilly, and Jake Gyllenhaal in The Good Girl (2002)
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A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

  • Director
    • Miguel Arteta
  • Writer
    • Mike White
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Aniston
    • Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Deborah Rush
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    46K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Miguel Arteta
    • Writer
      • Mike White
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Aniston
      • Jake Gyllenhaal
      • Deborah Rush
    • 307User reviews
    • 90Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 16 nominations

    Videos1

    The Good Girl
    Trailer 0:32
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    Jennifer Aniston in The Good Girl (2002)
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    Jake Gyllenhaal in The Good Girl (2002)
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    Jennifer Aniston and John C. Reilly in The Good Girl (2002)
    Jennifer Aniston and Zooey Deschanel in The Good Girl (2002)
    At "The Good Girl" premiere, 2002
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    Top cast

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    Jennifer Aniston
    Jennifer Aniston
    • Justine Last
    Jake Gyllenhaal
    Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Holden Worther
    Deborah Rush
    Deborah Rush
    • Gwen Jackson
    Mike White
    Mike White
    • Corny
    John Carroll Lynch
    John Carroll Lynch
    • Jack Field, Your Store Manager
    Zooey Deschanel
    Zooey Deschanel
    • Cheryl
    John C. Reilly
    John C. Reilly
    • Phil Last
    Tim Blake Nelson
    Tim Blake Nelson
    • Bubba
    Jacquie Barnbrook
    Jacquie Barnbrook
    • Heavy Set Woman
    Annie O'Donnell
    Annie O'Donnell
    • Haggard Woman
    John Doe
    John Doe
    • Mr. Worther
    Roxanne Hart
    Roxanne Hart
    • Mrs. Worther
    Jon Shere
    • Lester
    • (as Jonathan Shere)
    Alice Amter
    Alice Amter
    • Big Haired Woman
    Jean Rhodes
    Jean Rhodes
    • Old Woman
    Aimee Garcia
    Aimee Garcia
    • Nurse
    Lalo Guerrero
    • Blackberry Vendor
    Michael Hyatt
    Michael Hyatt
    • Floberta
    • Director
      • Miguel Arteta
    • Writer
      • Mike White
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      To make Jennifer Aniston look more worn down, director Miguel Arteta made her wear wrist weights for several weeks prior to filming; she also wore them during some of the scenes.
    • Goofs
      When Phil goes to have a shower, Justine pulls her shirt together as Bubba looks on. In the next shot, her shirt is open wider again.
    • Quotes

      Justine: After living in the dark for so long, a glimpse of the light can make you giddy. Strange thoughts come into your head and you better think'em. Has a special fate been calling you and you not listening? Is there a secret message right in front of you and you're not reading it? Is this your last, best chance? Are you gonna take it? Or are you going to the grave with unlived lives in your veins?

    • Crazy credits
      Special thanks to The Arteta Family and The Greenfield Family.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Good Girl: Deleted Scenes (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Missed Kiss
      Written by Andrew Gross

      Performed by Andrew Gross & Phil Cordaro

      Courtesy of A Gross Music Co.

    User reviews307

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    6/10
    So-So Dramatic Vehicle for Aniston
    "The Good Girl" was heavily touted as the film that would help Jennifer Aniston break from her Rachel persona and make the leap to dramatic film actress. There was even talk (however brief) about an Academy Award nomination for her when this film came out. Surprise, surprise, but that didn't happen. And where has Aniston's film career been since? "The Good Girl" is leaps and bounds better than any of Aniston's other ventures into film--bland crap like "Picture Perfect" and that other movie whose name I can't even remember--but it's not a great movie in and of itself.

    Aniston does a pretty good job, but you still can't escape the suspicion that she's just playing Jennifer Aniston, albeit a drabbed down version of herself. This movie's greatest asset is its supporting cast, particularly Zooey Deschanel in a very funny, dead pan role as a fellow worker at the Wal-Mart-esquire store Aniston's character works in, and Jake Gyllenhaal, who had begun his trek to stardom the year before in "Donnie Darko." The gods were being kind to Gyllenhaal in 2002, as he got to make out with both Aniston and Catherine Keener ("Lovely and Amazing") in the same year.

    "The Good Girl" is certainly worth watching. It captures that nowheresville feeling of small-town America perfectly, the antithesis of every Frank Capra movie on the same subject. Instead of a cosy town where everyone knows your name, these towns are instead full of bored, restless people sitting around waiting for something, anything, to happen.

    Grade: B-
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 30, 2002 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
      • Netherlands
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 麥田捕手的女孩
    • Filming locations
      • Santa Clarita, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Flan de Coco Films
      • Good Girl LLC
      • Hungry Eye Lowland Pictures B.V.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $8,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $14,018,296
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $151,642
      • Aug 11, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $16,860,964
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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