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The Good Girl (2002)

The Good Girl poster
Directed by
Miguel Arteta
Genre
drama film, comedy film, romantic comedy, black comedy film
Country
Germany, Netherlands, United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 685 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bored small-town cashier in her thirties starts an affair with a younger coworker. The relationship pulls her into lies and complications at work and home.

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What happens

The Good Girl is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Arteta and starring Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal and John C. Reilly. The Good Girl premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, and released to theatres on August 7, 2002, in the United States by Fox Searchlight Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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