The Good Girl (2002)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Miguel Arteta

Guionista (WGA):

Mike White (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 agosto 2002 (Canada)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

It's her last best chance... is she going to take it?

Plot:

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

Plot Keywords:

Discount Store | Burglary | Masturbation | Thief | House Painter

Premios:

5 wins & 15 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

thoughtful slice of life

Reparto

Jennifer Aniston	...	Justine Last
Deborah Rush	...	Gwen Jackson
Mike White	...	Corny
John Carroll Lynch	...	Jack Field, Your Store Manager
Jake Gyllenhaal	...	Holden Worther
Zooey Deschanel	...	Cheryl
John C. Reilly	...	Phil Last
Tim Blake Nelson	...	Bubba
Jacquie Barnbrook	...	Heavy Set Woman
Annie O'Donnell	...	Haggard Woman
John Doe	...	Mr. Worther
Roxanne Hart	...	Mrs. Worther
Jon Shere	...	Lester (as Jonathan Shere)
Alice Amter	...	Big Haired Woman
Jean Rhodes	...	Old Woman

También conocida como:

The Good Girl (Spain) [es]
Una buena chica (Argentina) (video title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, some language and drug content.

Duración:

93 min

País:

USA | Alemania | Netherlands

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Finland:K-15 | Iceland:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Ireland:18 (re-rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Germany:12 | Ireland:12 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Singapore:R(A) | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #38723)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Glen Capri Motel - 6700 San Fernando Rd., Glendale, California, USA

Compañía:

Flan de Coco Films

Trivialidades:

According to Jennifer Aniston, from the first draft of the script to the shooting almost no changes were made.

Errores:

Continuidad: When she's laying in bed with Holden after they've had sex for the first time, Justine's hair moves about between shots.

Citas:

Justine: How it all came down to this, only the Devil knows. Retail Rodeo is at the corner on my left. The motel is down the road to my right. I close my eyes and try to peer into the future. On my left, I saw days upon days of lipstick and ticking clocks, dirty looks and quiet whisperings. And burning secrets that just won't ever die away. And on my right, what could I picture? The blue sky, the desert earth, stretching out into the eerie infinity. A beautiful never-ending nothing.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Banda de Sonido:

I'll Be Seeing You

thoughtful slice of life

Years ago I had a conversation with some young guy who worked on the loading docks. He was frustrated by his life, felt inarticulate and incapable of escaping his plight or of really doing anything with his life. He had the wish but not the talent to express himself through art and felt he had nothing to look forward to. I thought of him while watching The Good Girl, a movie about a very ordinary person trapped in a hum drum existence.

I've noticed some discussion in these reviews as to whether The Good Girl is a comedy or drama, and I would suggest people stop trying to label the movie. The Good Girl clearly isn't trying to be either, but simply a movie that captures the life of someone who feels trapped, portraying both the drama and comedy inherent in life. It's a small, studied movie, intelligently written movie that's well worth watching. Don't worry about what it is, just watch it and take it the way you take life, not as a comedy or drama but just as what it is.