The Good Girl (2002)
Directed by Miguel Arteta
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
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Liz, Shaun and Ed the best friend have a relationship not unlike the characters played by Jennifer Aniston , John C. Reilly and Tim Blake Nelson in " The Good Girl " (2002).
Arteta (“The Good Girl,” “Cedar Rapids”) has an underrated ability at crafting comic, humanistic movies out of commercial concepts.
Director Miguel Arteta has become a reliable go-to filmmaker for kids’ films (“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”) in between the edgier fare (“Duck Butter”) he got his start with (“The Good Girl”).
Miguel Arteta broke out with dark indies like “Chuck & Buck” and “The Good Girl,” but the last decade has found the filmmaker largely making bland studio fare like “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” and “Like a Boss.”
What keeps the movie from feeling totally bland is the stable of scene stealing supporting performances that belie the fact that even though Arteta is a hired hand here, we’re still watching a movie from the guy who directed Duck Butter and The Good Girl, as well as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day .
Arteta has a dramatic background in film and television with Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Youth In Revolt , Succession and The Good Girl on his resume.
In a smart move designed to deal with shooting in the cramped confines of the canyon, and one that paid off, Boyle used two cinematographers — Anthony Dod Mantle, who worked with the director on "Slumdog," and Enrique Chediak ( "Charlie St. Cloud," "The Good Girl") — equipped with three types of cameras to get the effect he wanted.