First of all, I didn't read the book. So I wont be comparing the movie to the book. Secondly , the movie makes me think of Gone girl. I couln't stop myself to make some comparisons during the movie. I was not expecting something as deep as Good girl, but,at one point, it looks cheap comparing what we have seen before. At the moment they found the dead girl in the lake , we already see the end comming : she fakes her death by killing her twin sister nobody knew , even her husband, she had and all that for financial reason . I cannot be sure if the plan to kill her twin sister came at the moment she realises her secret past could be discover or if it was all plan knowing she was going to meet her and kill her. Maybe the book is more specific on that point. When you realise you already know the end after 40 minutes into the movie and that you wait impatiently to see since the first trailer, you lose interest during the movie. But with all that said , what really makes the movie it's not the main story but more all the "meat" around it : The vlog of the main character, the french music , the attachment we devellop for Anna Kendrick's character. It compensates for the lack of imagination in the story.
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