Michael

I checked out "The Good Girl" on Saturday night, which reminded me of a relationship I once had. (I can't say that I was particularly flattered at my portrayal as Holden.) I found the movie's blank, understated style a bit problematic, in a circular logic kind of way. The stylistic blankness seemed designed to make the rather unbelievable emptiness of the good girl believable.

In my own life experience, while people are not always clued in to what they want out of life, they are actually pretty energetic about grabbing some part of it--and usually more energetic the less clued-in they are. If the good girl wanted children above all (as she seems to) then I suspect she'd have been a little more of a man eater. Or am I missing the point somehow?

Cheers,

Friedrich