The Good Girl (2002)
It’s always a risk to try and give that “breakthrough performance” and show the world you can really act. In The Good Girl, Jennifer Aniston takes that risk and succeeds—big time. Both she and John C. Reilly were seriously gypped out of Oscar nominations that year.
It’s a tale as old as modern times (because in the good ol’ days, women really were “good girls” and stayed at home, right?) but the performances make this movie stand out. Small town, impoverished couple Aniston and Reilly are trying to slog through their unhappy lives. Aniston is the title character and has never done anything “bad” before, but in walks a young, supposedly charming fellow to turn her head.
I saw this movie when I was a teenager, and when the end credits rolled, I couldn’t stop crying. It’s pretty heavy, and it features Aniston in her first onscreen sex scene, so hide those eyes, kiddies! But if you’re the type of person who likes to watch depressing movies strictly for the acting—I am, too—this movie will be right up your alley.
More Jennifer Aniston movies here!
It’s a tale as old as modern times (because in the good ol’ days, women really were “good girls” and stayed at home, right?) but the performances make this movie stand out. Small town, impoverished couple Aniston and Reilly are trying to slog through their unhappy lives. Aniston is the title character and has never done anything “bad” before, but in walks a young, supposedly charming fellow to turn her head.
I saw this movie when I was a teenager, and when the end credits rolled, I couldn’t stop crying. It’s pretty heavy, and it features Aniston in her first onscreen sex scene, so hide those eyes, kiddies! But if you’re the type of person who likes to watch depressing movies strictly for the acting—I am, too—this movie will be right up your alley.
More Jennifer Aniston movies here!