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 Movie
D |
Video B+ | Audio B-
| Extras B
Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Riley
director Miguel Arteta | Fox Searchlight Pictures
2002 | Film Noir | R | 94 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-10
anamorphic
widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio
and full screen
Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: I just don't get it. It's
probably just me, but I just don't get it. I thought The Good
Girl was about redemption of ordinary woman (Jennifer Aniston) whose
life was stuck in first gear. When she makes a mistake of falling
for an insecure young man (Jake Gyllenhaal) to spice up her life, her life
begins to unravel. And then at key moments of opportunistic
redemption, she repeatedly makes the wrong decisions and gets herself and
those around her into deeper trouble. For me, it was a disturbing
movie. Though some would call it a comedy, I didn't find much humor
in this movie. If you have a reasonably meaningful and content life
(which I hope you do), then I certainly would not recommend this
movie. For those less fortunate, I can see how this movie would be
mildly entertaining. I guess I just don't get it which made a 94
minutes movie seems torturing.
On the bright side, the acting performances were
solid. Though it was difficult for me to be sympathetic with these
characters, in all fairness I thought the cast did an exceptional job in
portraying these characters.
Special Features: audio commentary by
director Miguel Arteta and writer/actor Mike White; scene-specific
commentary by Jennifer Aniston, 9 deleted scenes with optional commentary;
alternate ending montage; gag reel
DVD released on 1/7/2003 | Reviewed 2/11/2003
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
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