When Gwyneth Paltrow first enters The Good Night, you could be forgiven for not recognizing her. Dressed in a baggy blue-striped men's pajama top, her face is framed by a limp mane of drab brown hair. Her dark eyes are tired. She jostles for a place at the washbasin while brushing her teeth with an electric toothbrush. A vaguely non-descript ordinary guy of ordinary stature with ordinary hair is brushing his teeth next to her. This is Gary and Dora. In the bedroom, she is the first to turn her light off. "Can you turn the heat up?" she asks exhaustedly. "I'm schvitzing," he complains before getting out of bed to adjust the heating. "Love you," her voice rings out monotonously as Gary switches his light off. Without much conviction, he answers: "I love you, too."