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''The Good Girl'' is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Arteta from a script by Mike White, and stars Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal and John C. Reilly. ==Plot== Justine Last (Jennifer Aniston) is a depressed and unmotivated thirty-year-old woman living in a small town in Texas with her husband Phil (John C. Reilly), a house painter who spends most of his free time smoking marijuana with his best friend, Bubba (Tim Blake Nelson). Justine works at Retail Rodeo, the local big-box store, along with Cheryl (Zooey Deschanel), a cynical, plain-spoken teenager, Gwen (Deborah Rush), a ditzy older woman who manages the cosmetics counter, and Corny (Mike White), a highly religious security guard. One morning, Justine notices a new cashier and later introduces herself. Holden (Jake Gyllenhaal) appears quiet and reserved, qualities that the two of them share and, therefore, quickly take a liking to one another. They begin taking their lunch breaks together and Justine gives Holden rides home. One time, he invites her in and she accepts. They swap stories about their lives including how Justine feels unappreciated by Phil and Holden tells her of his obsession with J. D. Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye, from where he got his name. As the weeks go by, Justine and Holden start to bring out the best in each other. But when Holden makes a pass at her, she rejects him, leaving him dismayed. He becomes more and more besotted by her. Some time later, Holden does not show up to work but sends a letter to Justine, writing that if she does not meet him at 5pm that day behind the nearest Chuck E. Cheese, she will never see him again. After much consideration, Justine decides to accept Holden's invitation, only to be intercepted by her manager, Jack (John Carroll Lynch), who insists that she take a very ill Gwen to the hospital. Justine then meets up with Holden. The two have sex for the first time in a motel room that Justine pays for with her credit card. As the affair continues, Justine's marriage to Phil starts to slowly deteriorate. One night, Justine spots Bubba's truck in the parking lot of the motel where they've been meeting at. She becomes convinced that Bubba knows, telling Holden that they need to cool down for a while. Holden accepts Justine's decision. When Justine goes to visit Gwen in the hospital, she is told that Gwen has died after contracting parasites from eating poisionous blackberries that she bought at a roadside fruit stand. When she returns home, Bubba starts hinting to Justine that he knows about her affair with Holden. Feeling guilty, Justine suggests that she and Phil should attend church, but when they go, Justine spots the motel desk clerk, so creates a diversion and they leave. Justine speaks to Holden in private at work the following day, explaining that what they're doing is wrong and she can't see him in that way anymore. Bubba tells Justine to meet him at his house. He blackmails her into sleeping with him by threatening to tell Phil about her affair if she refuses, and she reluctantely gives into his demands. Holden, who has been following her since the split, sees them through a window. Holden does not show up for work the next day but is waiting in Justine's car when her shift ends. He drunkenly demands an apology. Justine becomes desperate to extricate herself from the affair completely. She goes to talk to his parents and tells them that he is mentally ill and has imagined a romantic liaison between them. She goes on to suggest that Holden be hospitalized. That night after feeling unwell all day, Justine takes a pregnancy test. The results are positive. Phil is over the moon but Justine feels uneasy since she doesn't know who is the father out of the three of them. The next day when Justine arrives at work, Cheryl tells her that someone stole fifteen thousand dollars from the safe and that the police suspect Holden. Justine is called into Jack's office and interrogated about their relationship. As she leaves for lunch, Justine encounters Holden who brags about having stolen the money and about his plans for them to escape. Justine tells him to meet her the following morning at a hotel. When Justine gets home, Phil, Bubba, and his new girlfriend are all waiting for her so they can celebrate. The phone rings and Phil answers. After he hangs up, he tells everyone else that his sperm tested negative and, therefore, he can't be the father and realises Justine has been cheating on him. Phil hits her out of anger but apologies instantly, knowing it was wrong. Justine tells the police where Holden is. After arriving home, she watches a news report saying that the police have surrounded the hotel where Holden is staying and that Holden killed himself. The next day, Bubba shows up at Retail Rodeo and tells Justine that Phil opened a statement from the credit card company, which listed the motels that Justine paid for with the card. Bubba then begs Justine not to tell Phil about their sexual encounter, which she doesn't. As the film closes, we learn that Justine continues to work at the Retail Rodeo and stays with Phil, having Holden's baby. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Good Girl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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