Don't listen to these boring American reviews regarding this thriller!!! I thought both two leading cast members were great as the American everyday next door neighbors living in London.The plot was great and it actually did keep me interested regardless of the ups and downs of the acting. James Franco was very good as the supportive actor/Husband and Kate Hudson..WOW amazing lead!! where has she been over the last 10 years!!!Bad ass yanks living in London, no spoilers!! The detective was very charming and a great overall love story etc LDN TOWN STYLE :D :D :D definitely worth the watch 9/10

I generally don't like the "normal people find a lot of money" formula. I understand its value as a dramatic catalyst which invites to explore the reactions and attitudes of characters due to their unexpected richness, as well as the ethic complications that implies. And, in some cases, it also adds a danger element because of the illegal provenance of the money and the criminals who are surely looking for it. I understand the potential of the premise, and I have even liked some films which employed it (such as Shallow Grave and Millions), but in many occasions, it feels like an artificial and lazy trick. That might explain the apathy the film Good People provoked on me. Or it might be one of those mediocre movies, which aren't boring, but without any distinctive element to make it good or bad. Just... meh. James Franco, Kate Hudson and Tom Wilkinson make a credible work in their roles, despite how superficially written their characters are. Good People never reaches the level of dramatic intensity or visual virtuosity in order to capture the spectator beyond a vague curiosity to know how everything is going to end. And when we finally reach the conclusion, it's convenient and improbable. In conclusion, despite the apathy it provoked on me, I can give Good People a slight recommendation, because it managed to keep me moderately entertained.

Everyone is phoning it in. Although I'm not sure what not phoning it in is for Franco and Hudson who are mediocre actors at best and more famous for being famous. Tom Wilkinson is sleepwalking through it all. The plot is mundane with full of holes. The leads of course have their reasons as they always do. Gee a bankrupt American white girl who's got to have IVF. Don't they have free health care in the UK? All in all you've seen this movie 20 times. Nothing new. Keep Calm And Franco On. And Kate Hudson is a hormonal ninja. Jesus Christ WTF is this 10 line nonsense? This the 12th line and it's still not ten, apparently. I guess the lll just keeo tyoung and typing and typing and typing maybe this is enough you know SOME movies aren't worth "10" lines.

Based on a novel by Marcus Sakey, adapted for the screen by Kelly Masterson and directed by Henrik Ruben Genz, GOOD PEOPLE just doesn't make it. And that is sad as it has two very fine actors (James Franco and Tom Wilkinson) and a beautiful actress (Kate Hudson). But the story is lame and predictable and not very interesting – an American couple, childless, moves to London when the husband's relative dies and leaves him her home. They live on very little and finally find funds when a renter dies and a half million dollars falls into their hands. Of course not telling the police about it leads to problems and a boring 90 minutes later they ultimately get some of the stolen money courtesy of the detective they lied to and also find out they are finally pregnant.To grim a story for Hallmark but in every other way this trite film tries to have a moral. Too bad Franco and Wilkinson agreed to add this to their resume. It is pretty sad. Grady Harp, November 14