good
- Release Date
- December 11, 2008
- Director
- Vicente Amorim
- Cast
- Viggo Mortensen , Jason Isaacs , Jodie Whittaker , Steven Mackintosh , Mark Strong , Gemma Jones
- Runtime
- 95
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- C.P. Taylor , John Wrathall
- Tagline
- Anything that makes people happy can't be bad can it?
- Website
- http://www.goodthefilm.com/
Summary
A literary professor and decent family man, John Halder (Mortensen) explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by powerful political figures in support of government propaganda, Halder finds his career rising in an optimistic current of nationalism and prosperity. Seemingly inconsequential decisions lead to choices, which lead to more choices... with eventually devastating effect.
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