
The plot revolves around a young married woman whose mundane life takes a turn for the worse when she strikes up a passionate and illicit affair with an oddball discount-store stock boy who thinks he's Holden Caulfield.... (Full plot summary below)
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The plot revolves around a young married woman whose mundane life takes a turn for the worse when she strikes up a passionate and illicit affair with an oddball discount-store stock boy who thinks he's Holden Caulfield.
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| FilmStew.comTodd Gilchrist[Aniston] manages to reveal layers of depth audiences have yet to see from her. |
| Rediff.comJeet ThayilAn unlikely black comedy where the humor is relentless, the satire is grim and the jokes are born out of inertia. |
| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeA sad, superior human comedy played out on the back roads of life. |
| Hollywood.comLeigh JohnsonJustine is flawed like all the rest of us, and Aniston brings this humanity to the forefront, creating one of the most realistic heroines in recent history. |
| Reno Gazette-JournalForrest HartmanThe actors are offering first-rate work to a second-class script. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittAniston and Reilly give the best of many excellent performances. A few plotty scenes aside, this quietly directed drama paints a sensitive, sympathetic portrait of modern malaise, and has a smart sense of humor as a bonus. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe extraordinary quality of White's script and Arteta's direction lifts the meticulously cast actors to the height of their abilities. "Friends" star Aniston digs deep but is never showy. Reilly reveals the tenderness, vulnerability and hidden depth that can lurk within a slob, and Nelson has some of the film's most outrageously funny and inspired moments. |
| Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)Judith EgertonWhite, who has a knack for imparting a sense of humor to his screenplays, created several minor characters who lighten the Retail Rodeo's claustrophic atmosphere. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsMoving, insightful and thoroughly entertaining, The Good Girl takes us to the crossroads of the human heart. The question is which way to turn/ |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.Jennifer Aniston is excellent in what is the best performance of her career, yet. |