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Life can get to all of us at times... Feelings of depression, boredom, trying to reconnect to a spouse, hating one's job, where you want to be five years from now... stuff like that. It's all about how you handle these and other dark clouds that beat down on you as you stand still and reflect back or even look ahead to changes that you want made.

This is a story of just that type of person whose life isn't going well for her, and how she's going to make changes to better her situation--in ways she never imagined she could feel inside her.

Justine Last (Jennifer Aniston) has been married for the past seven years and has worked at the same tiring and dead end job at the Retail Rodeo for most of her life. She's married to Phil (John C. Reilly), a painter who can't seem to get her pregnant, who just hangs out on the couch with his best friend Bubba (Tim Blake Nelson) as they toke their dreary life away sitting on the couch talking about all kinds of things that tick Justine off but make it one heck of a conversational piece to Phil and Bubba!

One day, Justine introduces herself to Holdon (Jake Gyllenhaal), the new guy at work. He's aloof, younger than her, and an aspiring poet and writer of all that can be written about. He's virile, appears to have ambition, and excites Justine's low self-esteem and duller than dull life style.

But under all that physical and creative blanket lies a troubled past and serious depression that follows him.

Many complicated and disturbing events pounce, paw, grab, and basically get thrown in Justine's face when she gets herself in involved with Holdon. Sad, sad Justine, she just doesn't know how depressing and pathetic and disturbing her life really is until now.

An ensemble cast of excellence is what you'll be seeing in The Good Girl. Each performer excelled at their given role and delivered incredible, unforgettable characters.

Jennifer Aniston is no "Rachel" --(that's indeed a compliment)--because her portrayal of a depressed woman is what you see and only see. Jennifer was able to fully connect into her character and bring it beautifully to the screen. I hope this performance will lead to capturing more of this lady's natural ability to conquer the silver screen and bring talent, talent, and more talent to her name. She was good, very good in this movie.

Jake Gyllenhaal's ability to be so whipped and infatuated by Jennifer's character had him drizzling with torment. He's unstable, but, at the same time, gentle and free. His portrayal of a man whose depressed mind made him act the way he did was shocking, tense, creepy, and brushed with goal-oriented thoughts of finding peace and happiness in the way he thought it fit to be, the way his mind presented it to him.

The Good Girl is a movie that sleeks across the screen with originality. This is not a fun movie, or a movie that leaves you with much hope (to me anyway), but it does leave you feeling so happy you're not any one of those characters in the film.

But that is the point isn't?

Written by: Lynda Dale MacLean

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