The Good House

The Good House

Hildy Good, a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches who loves her wine and loves her secrets. Her compartmentalized life starts to unravel as she rekindles an old romance and becomes dangerously entwined in one person’s reckless behavior.

  • Released: 2022-09-29
  • Runtime: 103 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, David Rasche, Rebecca Henderson, Molly Brown, Kathryn Erbe, Beverly D'Angelo
  • Director: Wallace Wolodarsky, Maya Forbes
 Comments
  • anna-99675 - 31 January 2024
    Resonates if you have lived with alcoholism and it's effects
    Loved it!

    I liked the way it captures the hard truths about the denial of the effects of alcoholism. I stopped alcohol 6 months ago. Having struggled with it and seen the effects of it on my loved ones. I think for that reason, this movie moved me.

    Early on in the movie you really get a sense that the people around the main character, Hildy, are over-reacting. That she does have her drinking under control and that people are just making a big deal about nothing. As the movie progresses, things start to unravel and that really is where the essence of the story is.

    I resonated with the stories the character tells herself. The reasons she convinces herself to drink despite having gone to rehab, the choppy memories of the night she was hammered. Trying to look as if she remembered when she didn't have a clue. The sense of feeling judged when someone pointed out the things she did. The shame and DENIAL! It was all too familiar. A must see for anyone struggling with alcohol.

    The link back to her past brought the story back full circle. It highlights how some people are just more prone to abusing alcohol than others because of their past, and the importance of facing that in order to become whole again. Great script. Especially the end. Sigourney Weaver is exceptional as Hildy Good. Kevin Cline's character is sweet and strong and a steady influence in her life. Great to see these two together. A really wonderful movie!
  • iamjamalwhite - 31 December 2022
    Booooorrrring
    From the writers of boring movies like "Let him go", "Family Stone", and "Polka King." You see some Sigorney 73 year old side boob as the high point. Lots of therapy, a gay ex-husband, too much debt, autistic kids, affairs and lies, shady business deals, overpriced cars and houses, alcohol addiction -- just a liberal mess that passes today as "drama." It will probably win awards because it lost money and checks all the boxes. Strong women and weak men. All we needed was a climate change March and some anti-gun rhetoric to make it complete. I would not watch this again if you paid me. Skip it very hard.