The Good Life |  | Director: Stephen Berra
Actors: Mark Webber, Zooey Deschanel, Harry Dean Stanton, Bill Paxton, Chris Klein
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 49664
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: GLF5132DVD
UPC: 014381513226
EAN: 0014381513226
ASIN: B001DWNUEM
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: November 4, 2008
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| • | Stars Mark Webber, Zooey Deschanel, Chris Klein, Bill Paxton, Drea De Matteo and Harry Dean Stanton are at their best in this thoughtful, searing portrait of life in the all-American, football-obsessed Midwest. Jason Prayer (Webber) doesn't care about football, but that's just one reason he doesn't fit in. To escape his dead-end existence, he retreats intoic old movies- until he meets |
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Product Description
A STORY ABOUT A MOSTLY NORMAL YOUNG MAN WHO MAKES THE MOST OUTOF FITTING IN WHEN HE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent (and overlooked) film. September 12, 2009
Sodesune (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wasn't sure what to expect when I rented this, having never heard of it. But it was a chance I'm glad I took - the acting is extremely strong and it's directed with care. It's a slow film, with some interesting plot twists and a generally dark mood...which is fitting, given the storyline. It could have fallen in the trap of just being another "oh I hate my town and I'm bored" flick, but it emerges as much more than that. Highly recommended.
 Interesting characters, uninteresting story. May 8, 2009
Robin King (Fort Dodge, Iowa)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If your looking for a good story, action or suspense skip this movie. But if you like to see quirky characters played by exellent actors well maybe. Everything about this movie was good,except the story. Being a fan of more suspense or action or even stronger characters I would watch something else.
3 for some of the performances... November 3, 2008
Steve Kuehl (Ben Lomond, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I know this kid (Webber) has had a hell of a life and his performances are definitely worth watching. This film has been horribly mislabeled and advertised so I am hoping it gets a fair shake on DVD just to showcase his performance.
First and foremost, I have customers asking about this because they want to see Paxton and/or Drea De Matteo films; they are front billed on this and Webber gets buried on second tier. To be clear - Paxton has 3 minutes and De Matteo has 2 minutes and 6 lines. Zooey has a supporting role but the writing makes it to where her role is (supposedly) important (with a twist in the end) but falls well short of meeting reality. The story of a young adult living a tough inner-city life making ends meet is covered adequately in the writing, and the lengths shown to facilitate his worthiness are noble, but in the end count on it becoming tedious.
I love the whole premise of a classic movie theater being run by the time challenged curator (played by Stanton) and the foreshadowing of the end of our story being played in the first scene - but once you see how this all plays together it leaves more questions than answers and believability goes right out the window. I know I get in trouble whenever I pan a ZD film, but this film cannot hold together above a 3 star reference - I would highly recommend it just to see Webber's thorough performance and Klein showing a much darker (and misplaced for the film) character.
Ignore the whole DVD cover (front and back - "He's finally had enough" - whatever; "Phenomenal" - not really) and rent this to watch some young performers fill some vacant roles.
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