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While The Good Life is stylistically ambitious and heartfelt, it feels more forced than authentic.
James Greenberg, Hollywood Reporter
Overview
A movie about the travails of Jason (Mark Webber), a young gas station attendant and movie projectionist living in Nebraska. His encounters with various social difficulties and with Frances (Zooey Deschanel), a beautiful and enigmatic young woman leads to dramatic changes and decisions in his life.
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