Girls of Geek Movie Review: "A Good Marriage"

Written by Scotty

There are many things that couples have to do to make a marriage work these days, as love never seems to be enough.  Being financially secure is one thing that couples are always looking for, but the biggest thing that always comes to mind is having trust in the relationship.  Without trust in a relationship, both parties are always looking at the other and wondering what is going through their heads, will they leave me and try to find another love or are they hiding something in their past that could damage what lives they built together? 

Bob Anderson is at the top of his financial game, being the best tax accountant at his firm and according to his boss, the entire United States.  Celebrating his twenty fifth wedding anniversary with his lovely wife Darcy, Bob is ready to make her dreams come true.  Getting her a pair of fish earrings, since she is a Pisces, he knows that he will get lucky tonight and make all of his dreams come true.  Not only being a tax man, Bob has found something to keep his mind at ease by collecting coins.  Darcy is happy with her husband and everything he has done to provide for their family and will do everything in her power to make sure he is happy, since he deserves it. 

Bob's job does however take him away from home several times a month, but he is able to plan accordingly with the coin shows that are taking place where he is visiting.  Darcy does not run into to many problems when her husband is gone, but this one night, she finds that her remote control batteries have died and she needs to get some new ones out of the garage to be able to change the channels on the television. When digging through his workbench, Darcy finds a pile of old magazines that she has been looking for, but that is not the only thing that catches her attention when hearing something fall and exposing her husband’s dark secret.  Finding her husband’s secret hiding place, Darcy discovers the I.D. of a woman who was just announced on the news of being the latest victim of a serial killer.

Darcy is in shock when finding this and tries to put everything back the way she found it and goes back to the house.  Wanting to know what this is all about, and what the serial killer has done, she researches all of his kills and finds out that the earrings she has just received are from his latest victim.  Getting a call from Bob, Darcy is trying to hold her emotions as bay, but being together for so many years, Bob can tell that she is trying to hide something from him.  Coming home early from his trip, Bob comes clean to his wife about what he has been doing for so many years while they have been married, but noting that it is not him committing the acts, but the spirit of his good friend that died when they were kids.  Darcy accepts what her husband is telling her and makes him promise that he will never do it again, but knowing what he is capable of, she is having a hard time trusting him anymore.

A Good Marriage follows Darcy Anderson as she finds out the shocking truth about the man she married twenty five years ago.  Finding out that he is a notorious serial killer named Beadie, she fears for her own life, along with the lives of her children.  Telling her husband that she is ok with the acts the he has committed in the past, she is looking for a way to deal with him and make sure that he does not do it again in the future. As the television seems to talk to her, Darcy knows that a secret can be between two people and she has enough trust in her husband not to take her threats lightly.  Knowing that what he has done is wrong, Darcy starts to see things and opportunities to make Bob pay for his ways, but she is not strong enough to follow through with them until she has a vision of her own daughter becoming one of his victims.  Bob is not aware of what is wife is planning, all he knows is that he loves her so much and will never let any harm come to her or his family, but can the same be said about her?

A very intriguing story as you get to see the best of both worlds coming to light on the screen in front of you.  With the perfect relationship being tested after the truth comes out twenty five years later in the marriage, it is great to see that the trust is still there.  Darcy has to put on quite the show to make sure that her husband believes that nothing will happen to him from his past sins.  But Darcy is forced to make the decision between right and wrong and has to find the perfect time to pounce as she does not want to be involved with what her husband has done in the past.  I enjoyed watching the transformation that Darcy had to go through to become strong and sensible enough to do what she believes is right, and even though Bob did not have to change much, he still is able to put the fear of God into his wife, even though he does not want to harm her in any way.  Happy Viewing.

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