The Good Girl, starring Jennifer Anniston, is a quiet film, but nonetheless, it kept me interested throughout. It takes place in a small, boring Texas town, in which nothing much ever happens. Justine, who works at the Retail Rodeo, leads a life of desperate boredom. She ends up having an affair with a fellow worker, not because she is dying for sex, or because she is a bad person, but merely because her life is so damn boring. Once she enters the affair, she must start piling lie after lie together in order to keep the affair a secret. To the very end, she still keeps lying, even when the affair has been discovered. I guess the lying was just ingrained by then. Many unintended consequences result, with tragic results all around. By far the best thing about this movie is Anniston's portra... |
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