Good Girl Jane

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Good Girl Jane
Directed bySarah Elizabeth Mintz
Screenplay bySarah Elizabeth Mintz
Based onGood Girl Jane
by Sarah Elizabeth Mintz
Produced by
  • Dominique Telson
  • Fred Bernstein
  • Lauren Pratt
  • Simone Williams
Starring Rain Spencer
Andie MacDowell
CinematographyJake Saner
Edited byHarrison Atkins
Music byKent Sparling
Production
company
Astute Films
Release date
  • June 11, 2022 (2022-06-11)(Tribeca)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Good Girl Jane is a 2022 American drama film written and directed by Sarah Elizabeth Mintz and starring Rain Spencer and Andie MacDowell. [1] It is based on Mintz's 2017 short film of the same name. It won the 2022 US Narrative Competition at Tribeca with Spencer winning Best Performance.

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Cast

Production

Filming began in Los Angeles in March 2020, before production was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] The film later resumed and completed one year later in March 2021. [1]

Release

The film premiered on June 11, 2022, at the Tribeca Film Festival. [3]

Reception

Good Girl Jane has a rating of 70% based on 10 critics' reviews on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. [4]

Kristen Lopez of IndieWire gave the film a negative review and wrote, "It’s hard to shake how hollow everything feels within “Good Girl Jane.” For all the individual performances, the feature never comes off as more than a supersized short film, with certain scenes playing like filler to get to a nearly two-hour running time." [5]

Accolades

At the Tribeca Festival, the film won the Founders’ Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature and Rain Spencer won the Best Performance award. [6]

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References

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  2. Hammond, Caleb (June 30, 2022). "Good Girl Jane Writer-Director Sarah Elizabeth Mintz Wrote A 'Page Turny, Black List'-y Script – Then Tossed It and Started Over". MovieMaker . Retrieved July 15, 2023.
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  6. Goldsmith, Jill (June 16, 2022). "Tribeca Festival Winners: 'Good Girl Jane' Best Feature; 'The Cave Of Adullam', 'January' Take Top Honors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 17, 2022.