Release: Good Marriage

 

Good Marriage

Genre: Mystery/Drama

Director: Pedro Almodovar

Writer: Gwendolyn King

Producer: Rosie JoLove

Based on the novel "A Good Marriage" by Kimberly McCreight

Cast: Diane Guerrero, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Nicholas Braun, Bradley Whitford, Sonequa Martin-Green, Logan Browning, Stephan James, April Bowlby, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Stephen Kunken, Paul Schneider, Sanaa Lathan, Louis Mustillo, Justina Machado

Budget: $34,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $21,999,045

Foreign Box Office: $17,593,005

Total Profit: -$18,559,346

Reaction: A couple of seasons ago, it looked like the Novel Adaptation Curse was going the way of the dodo bird, but this film combined with the failure of last season's novel adaptations shows that it has not yet gone away. This season will have no shortage of more novel adaptations with a whopping six more on the way.

"Good Marriage features way too many small side characters and pointless subplots, killing its momentum frequently. When the film is firmly focused on Lizzie's investigations into both Zach's criminal charges and her husband's actions, the film works really well. I hated that it constantly shoots itself in the foot by going away from those, meandering through uninteresting, unimportant red-herrings." - Woodrow Nelson, Baxter Bulletin

"'Good Marriage' disappoints with an overloaded plot and characters that fail to establish a meaningful emotional connection. While Diane Guerrero delivers a solid performance, the story often feels convoluted and unbalanced. The constant revelations and twists do not add to the suspense but instead unnecessarily complicate the narrative. The plot becomes lost in subplots, and some characters come across as shallow and uninteresting." - Clark Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

"Diane Guerrero's performance in this mystery thriller is solid and dynamic, standing out in an otherwise average film. Gwendolyn King's screenplay is engaging when it chooses to focus on the character's struggles rather than relying heavily on constant plot twists. The movie maintains a brisk pace, but the resolution in the third act feels underwhelming. Overall, it's a decent adaptation of a novel, amidst a crowded field of disappointing adaptations." - Ryan Amini,  The Atlantic

Rated R for violence, sexual content and language