The Good Guy
Beth (Alexis Bledel), an urban conservationist, wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share her life and love of New York. Of course that last one is often the trickiest of all.
24 May 1978, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
1 March 1983, New York City, New York, USA
12 May 1979, New Jersey, USA
7 June 1989, Lubbock, Texas, USA
27 December 1982, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
7 March 1981, New Rochelle, New York, USA
10 January 1967, New York City, New York, USA
9 February 1973, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
December 31, 2010
High-reaching adult drama with lots of language, drinking.June 17, 2010
Even on a reduced scale of expectation, Good Guy is stunningly empty and obvious, missing its mark as a cautionary tale or a romantic sojourn, instead slogging along a preordained trail of cliché.March 03, 2010
The Good Guy has a few half-cute moments, some chuckles, and enough pretty faces to cast at least two TV pilots. What it doesn't have is a clue.February 25, 2010
A sort of much more polite, estrogenized filmic companion piece to a lost, mid-era Bret Easton Ellis novel, this movie has a different, interesting cant than most films of its ilk, but can't quite turn that positive into a deal-closing recommendation.February 19, 2010
Drawing on his stint at a Chicago investment firm, DePietro creates characters, dialogue and situations that feel authentic, which makes the film relevant in unexpected ways, though not as deeply as you hope he'll do in the future.March 04, 2010
It has smart characters, and is wise about the ones who try to tame their intelligence by acting out.February 19, 2010
resh enough to provide the voyeuristic kick of glimpsing the frenzied lifestyle of aspiring masters of the universe.February 19, 2010
There's too little difference between the good guys and the bad guys in Julio DePietro's uninspired debut, a slickly cynical romance destined to be quickly forgotten.July 03, 2010
Mild, pleasant, obvious romantic comedy set on Wall Street that's most notable for its (maybe accurate) portrayal of young brokers as amoral idiots oblivious to the real-life consequences of their risky business.February 22, 2010
For a movie that clearly aspires to be an up-to-the-minute representation of New York City, The Good Guy already feels quite dated.March 04, 2010
It's network television drama, starring actors best known for their TV work and full of the petty gripes and mild worries of characters who really have nothing compelling to worry about.March 04, 2010
Writer/director Julio DePietro's first effort is every bit as obvious as it sounds, thudding from one symmetrically perfect cliche to another.