The "Good" Girl

It seems that I have a knack for watching depressing movies nowadays.. Be them Brokeback, Crying Out Love In The Center Of The World, or Donnie Darko.. None of these movies have a happy resolution to the characters portrayed in the story.

Thus, I decided to lighten up the mood today by popping a show into my dvd player that appeared in my mailbox just a day before. Well, any show that stars Jennifer Aniston from Friends surely must be a laugh-a-sec comedy right? And with a title called "The Good Girl", it must sure have a whole lot of goodness in it... Right?

Well.. GUESS AGAIN. I was DEAD wrong. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Initially, Jennifer plays Justine, a 30yr old woman married to a booze-guzzling fat guy who literally paints houses in the day as a livelihood, and then "stones" on his couch with his loser friend at night. Justine works as a makeup consultor at a certain Retail Rodeo department store, giving free makeovers to passerbys who has absolutely no interests in buying anything from her.

Her life was pretty mundane, until the day a guy, who was even more depressed than herself, turns up to work at the same department store as her. Almost immediately, she senses a connection with this Holden (Tom is his real name actually), and begins an secret affair with him. What she didn't know is, her life will soon be turned upside-down by this mistake, and tragedy soon follows. Lets just say that things didn't go well at all for them, as guilt and paranoia soon took over Justine.

The movie is executed very well, and Jennifer delivers her most intriguing performance yet. The movie exudes a fresh sense of reality, you can't help but wince at some of the horrid actions she does in the show, and yet it makes you wonder if put in her shoes, will you do the same thing?

Overall, I give it a 3.5, for successfully making me depressed all over again.. Even so, I still feel that it is shows like these that makes going to the movies worthwhile. Movies that make you think and ponder long after the credits have began rolling are the true gems in cinematic moments. I have had enough of mind-blowing action heroes that can jump into burning infernos, and yet come out with perfect hair and makeup.

Sigh, still waiting for a chance to go catch Transamerica at Cathay orchard, have been looking forward to it for quite some time already..