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The Good Girl
The Good Girl
6.7
/10
1,239 Ratings

THE GOOD GIRL

Directed by Miguel Arteta
United States, 2002
Drama, Comedy

Synopsis

Justine Last’s life is going nowhere: her husband spends most of the time getting stoned with his best friend, and she has a dead-end job at the cosmetics desk in a department store. However, all is about to change when fellow worker Holden decides to show Justine just what she’s been missing.

Synopsis

Justine Last’s life is going nowhere: her husband spends most of the time getting stoned with his best friend, and she has a dead-end job at the cosmetics desk in a department store. However, all is about to change when fellow worker Holden decides to show Justine just what she’s been missing.

Our take

After a handful of largely forgettable romcoms, it was this sharp satire that finally afforded Jennifer Aniston the chance to put Friends behind her for good. Written by Mike White and directed by Miguel Arteta (the duo behind Chuck & Buck), The Good Girl is a prickly portrait of millennial malaise.