Good Girls

“Crime pays, until it doesn't.”
What starts as a desperate, half-baked heist becomes a slow-burn descent into laundering, gangs, and increasingly bad decisions.
Good Girls works because it never lets you sit comfortably with what these women are doing. One minute it’s sharp and funny, the next it tightens into something genuinely tense, before pulling the rug again with moments of surprising emotional weight.
Underneath the crime and chaos is something more grounded: a sharp look at financial pressure, quiet desperation, and the illusion of control in suburban life. The picket fences don’t hide much here—they just make the cracks more obvious.
It’s addictive in that dangerous way where every solution creates a bigger problem, and you can’t look away as it all slowly spirals.
What to know before you watch
Is Good Girls worth watching?
- Yes — we gave it 7/10. Crime pays, until it doesn't.
What is Good Girls about?
- Three suburban moms rob a grocery store and stumble into a criminal underworld they never planned to navigate.
What should I watch after Good Girls?
- Your Friends & Neighbors
- Weeds
- Queen of the South
The verdict
7/10