Mark Webber,
Zooey Deschanel,
Harry Dean Stanton,
Drea de Matteo,
Patrick Fugit
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First-time helmer Steve Berra writes and directs the finely felt coming-of-age story The Good Life, a film à clef loosely based on Berra's experiences growing up in a Nebraskan small town during the '... read more
DVD Release Date: November 4, 2008
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Flixster Reviews (120)
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January 31, 2010Dark, but good. Really interesting movie and keeps you on your toes and thinking. I love Deschanel in her role... I swear she can pull off anything.
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April 19, 2009ZOOEY Deschannel is really opening my eyes as a talented actress...one look in those eyes of honesty of hers holds me captivated as she goes through the script she held in this epic of a movie...being trapped in her life she found the perfect escape through the befriending and re... read more
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January 2, 2009A bit outside the norm here, this one makes you really think about what is and what could be. A great little plot twist that makes the movie towards the end. The end to me was left kinda open I had been watching movies for about 8 hours recovering from New Years Eve so I may have... read more
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June 4, 2009I don't really think his good life was really all that good, at least until the end you keep wondering about the title.
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February 7, 2009Jason Prayer (Mark Webber) hasn't had an easy go of things. His father recently committed suicide, and he tries to support his mother by working at a gas station as well as helping out Gus (Harry Dean Stanton) at a classic film house. As he tries to cope with life's pain, he gets... read more
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January 2, 2009It's really hard to know how to feel about this movie. It has a very sad depressing feel about it and I was waiting for some kind of twist or major shift in the story telling but it never happened. The overall message was good though. Life is made up of bad times and good times a... read more
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June 4, 2007If this is the movie i'm thinking of love it me and my dad wacht it every cristmas night and he did the same when he was a kid.
Critic Reviews
January 30, 2007
James Greenberg, Hollywood Reporter
April 28, 2008
Luke Y. Thompson, OC Weekly
As a director, Stephen Berra makes this all quite palatable, but as a writer, he frequently mistakes platitudes for profundity. Full Review
February 9, 2007
Kim Voynar, Cinematical
You just can't go from darkly morose to uplifting and hopeful in the last 30 seconds of the film without any kind of arc to take you there. Full Review
January 31, 2007
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Grounded in the rich cinematic tradition of Small-Town America, the film doesn't break much new thematic ground, but it's well-acted by the entire ensemble, which consists of both pros and young thesp... Full Review
January 25, 2007
Jamie Tipps, Film Threat
The film spends what seems like interminable hours driving home the brutal truth that the world is better off without Jason Prayer, and, despite the anemic flip-flop of the last twenty seconds, it's h... Full Review
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