The film is unexpectedly chewy, following a rather tender and unpredictable route up to the very end.

| Dec 9, 2021

...this is hardly Flaubert, but it is a fairly beguiling look at moral calculation...

| May 7, 2021

"The Good Girl'' will finally make Jennifer Aniston a movie star.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 12, 2018

Arteta's third feature is good step in the right direction, for him as a disrector and for Jennifer Anniston as an actress

| Original Score: B | Jun 7, 2011

Jennifer Aniston is excellent in what is the best performance of her career, yet.

| Apr 29, 2009

A warmly satisfying comedy about dissatisfied people seeking to escape from the personal prison of their mundane lives in soulless suburbia.

| Mar 31, 2009

In Miguel Arteta's quirky indie feature, Jennifer Aniston searches for meaning and passion in a swirl of suburban malaise and ironically may have finally found a character who can reveal the shades of her talent.

| Jul 2, 2008

After languishing in second-banana roles in such films as Picture Perfect and Rock Star, Ms. Aniston here creates a fully realized character of surprising nuance and depth.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 14, 2007

A wistful exploration of life's choices; thanks to Aniston, it resonates as both a comedy and a detailed character study.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 6, 2006

I wish I could say I liked it more, but despite a smattering of priceless moments, The Good Girl gets bogged down in the very narrowness that afflicts Justine.

| Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

In the long run, The Good Girl will be remembered more as a chance for Jennifer Aniston to wet her acting chops than for anything else.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 30, 2005

Aniston shows promising signs of a post-sitcom career with her convincing and understated dramatic work.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 7, 2005

Leaves me craving for the entree.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 12, 2004

White, who has a knack for imparting a sense of humor to his screenplays, created several minor characters who lighten the Retail Rodeo's claustrophic atmosphere.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 23, 2004

[Aniston] manages to reveal layers of depth audiences have yet to see from her.

| Feb 1, 2004

O humor cido e a sensibilidade do filme com relao aos seus personagens merecem aplausos - assim como a belssima performance de Aniston.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 4, 2003

Aniston may not have received her much-touted Oscar nomination, but this brilliantly funny and often touching film should assure her a solid post-Friends career.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 2, 2003

Maybe Aniston should stop trying to be serious and stick with being funny, which is something she can certainly do.

| May 2, 2003

The Good Girl belongs to Aniston, who buries Rachel in style with a sweet, soulful, hangdog performance that you will be thinking of long after you leave the cinema. .

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 27, 2003