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The Good Girl Movie Rating: 
Sweet Romantic Comedy | |
| In this comedy-drama, Jennifer Aniston plays Justine, a Texas woman trapped in a life of mediocrity. She can't get pregnant because her husband, Phil (John C. Reilly), smokes too much pot with his buddy, Bubba (Tim Blake Nelson). On top of that, her sales job at the Retail Rodeo is soul-crushing. Unexpectedly, she experiences an emotional and sexual awakening with co-worker Holden (Jake Gyllenhaal). | |
| Director Miguel Arteta never allows the film to turn into a maudlin tearjerker, and he guides Aniston to a remarkable performance playing a rather unremarkable woman. Screenwriter Mike White has created some wonderfully odd characters, including Corny, a religious security guard played by White himself. |
 Jennifer Aniston & Jake Gyllenhaal. © 2002 Fox Searchlight Pictures. |
| This sweet, non-threatening movie is not much of a satire on small-town life, but a few quirky plot twists make it a cut above most romantic comedies. | |
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