The Good Girl is a 2002 black comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Arteta from a script by Mike White, and stars Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal and John C. Reilly. The film starts with narration about the life of Justine Last , a sad and lonely 30-year-old woman living in a dusty Texas town in the middle of nowhere. She works at the local Retail Rodeo , with Cheryl , a cynical young girl who inserts subliminal profanities in announcements to the sleepwalking customers; Gwen , the overly peppy, older woman who works with Justine in the cosmetics department; and Corny , the religion-obsessed... security guard. Justine's home life is no better. She returns home every night to her dim-witted husband Phil , a house painter who spends more time getting high and drinking on the couch with his best friend Bubba than doing any work. Justine's life is mundane, and while she plans to have a baby with Phil to improve things, she feels trapped, and there seems to be no sign of escape.
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| Release date: | January 12, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Miguel Arteta |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 93 Minutes |
| Producer: | Matthew Greenfield |
| Editor: | Jeff Betancourt |
| Music by: | Tony Maxwell, James O'Brien, Mark Orton, Joey Waronker |
| Cinematography: | Enrique Chediak |
| Screenplay by: | Mike White |
| Estimated budget: | $8,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |