History Film / TheGoodGirl

* UglyGuyHotWife: Justine and Phil. Granted, it's Jennifer Aniston, but she really makes herself very plain and ordinary.
* %% VomitIndiscretionShot: Several particularly horrible ones.

She starts an affair with the oddball cashier, 22-year old Thomas "Holden" Worther (Creator/JakeGyllenhaal), and slowly, her life begins to unravel.

Married to the dim-witted Phil (Creator/JohnCReilly), and working alongside Gwen (Deborah Rush), the always cheerful older woman, Cheryl (Creator/ZooeyDeschanel), who tosses obscenities into the announcements, and Corny (Mike White), the security guard who is always trying to get her to go to his bible study, Justine feels that her life is a prison, and she is "on death row".

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Several particularly horrible ones.

A 2002 black comedy-drama written by Mike White and directed by [[Film/YouthInRevolt Miguel]] [[Film/CedarRapids Arteta]], ''The Good Girl'' explores trying to escape the mind-numbing dullness of everyday life, and the consequences of doing so.

* YourCheatingHeart: One of the main plotlines.

Married to the dim-witted Phil (Creator/JohnCReilly), and working alongside Gwen, the always cheerful older woman, Cheryl (Creator/ZooeyDeschanel), who tosses obscenities into the announcements, and Corny, the security guard who is always trying to get her to go to his bible study, Justine feels that her life is a prison, and she is "on death row".

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A 2002 black comedy-drama written by Mike White and directed by [[Film/YouthInRevolt Miguel]] [[Film/CedarRapids Arteta]], ''The Good Girl'', explores trying to escape the mind-numbing dullness of everyday life, and the consequences of doing so.

Creator/JenniferAniston, who was trying to avoid being typecast due to her ''Series/{{Friends}}'' success, stars as Justine Last, a depressed 30 year old who lives in a dreary Texas town and works at the local "Retail Rodeo".

Creator/JenniferAniston, who was trying to avoid being typecast due to her ''{{Friends}}'' success, stars as Justine Last, a depressed 30 year old who lives in a dreary Texas town and works at the local "Retail Rodeo".

* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Tom kills himself after Justine changes her mind about running away with him and tells her boss that Tom stole the money.]]

* KubrickStare: Holden in spades.

* BittersweetEnding: Leans more heavily on the bitter. Nothing has changed in Justine's life: she stays with Phil and remains working at the Retail Rodeo and her life is still at a dead end, but she seems happy with her baby and it seems to have made Phil a doting father.

* PlayingAgainstType: Jennifer Aniston, successfully so. Most critics will refer to this film as her finest hour.

She starts an affair with the oddball cashier, 22-year old Thomas "Holden" Worther (Jake Gyllenhaal), and slowly, her life begins to unravel.

* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: The baby is actually Holden's, but Justine lets Phil believe he's the father since the baby has dark hair like both of them and despite the fact that Phil is actually sterile.

A 2002 black comedy-drama written by Mike White, ''The Good Girl'', explores trying to escape the mind-numbing dullness of everyday life, and the consequences of doing so.

Creator/{{Jennifer Aniston}}, who was trying to avoid being typecast due to her ''{{Friends}}'' success, stars as Justine Last, a depressed 30 year old who lives in a dreary Texas town and works at the local "Retail Rodeo".

Married to the dim-witted Phil (John C. Reilly), and working alongside Gwen, the always cheerful older woman, Cheryl ({{Zooey Deschanel}}), who tosses obscenities into the announcements, and Corny, the security guard who is always trying to get her to go to his bible study, Justine feels that her life is a prison, and she is "on death row".

* YourCheatingHeart: One of the main plotlines.

* BittersweetEnding: Nothing has changed in Justine's life: She stays with Phil and remains working at the Retail Rodeo, but the baby seems to have made her happier and Phil dotes on the baby.

* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery Deconstructed. Phil is a decent guy and he genuinely loves Justine, but his only faults are that he's not too bright and has a pot habit that leaves him a couch potato. He gets angry that Justine cheated on him, but forgives her after she tells him that she's over it and that Phil really is the father of her baby. (Phil is actually sterile.)

* BittersweetEnding: Nothing has changed in Justine's life: She stays with Phil and remains working at the Retail Rodeo, but the baby seems to have repaired her relationship with Phil.

* NothingExcitingHappensHere: Part of the reason that Justine has her affair with Holden is that he brings excitement to her life.

* BittersweetEnding: Nothing has changed in Justine's life: She stays with Phil and remains working at the Retail Rodeo, but she keeps her baby and tells Phil he's the father.

* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery Deconstructed. Phil is angry that Justine cheated on him, but forgives her after she tells him that she's over it and that Phil is the father of her baby.

* WouldHitAGirl: Phil hits Justine after realizing she's been having an affair. He feels horrible for hitting her, afterwards.

* WouldHitAGirl: Phil hits Justine after realizing she's been having an affair.

* BittersweetEnding

* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery Deconstructed

* WouldHitAGirl