Georgia Rule
Rebellious, uncontrollable teenager, Rachel is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her estranged grandmother, Georgia. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding that - regardless what happens - the ties that bind can never be broken.
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- Jane Fonda , Lindsay Lohan , Felicity Huffman , Dermot Mulroney , Cary Elwes , Garrett Hedlund , Hector Elizondo
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This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
So much average
best movie i've ever seen.
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Georgia Rule (2007): Dir: Garry Marshall / Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes: Rule in question regards bonding within three generations. Jane Fonda plays a grandmother in Idaho. Felicity Huffman plays her alcoholic daughter. Lindsay Lohan plays the granddaughter who cannot differentiate between truth or lie. Flawed with its comical ads that cover serious undertones. Director Garry Marshall does a fantastic job. He is famed for such films as Pretty Woman and Overboard. Fonda is terrific as the no nonsense grandmother who will no doubt set everything and everyone straight. Huffman struggles to understand her daughter and what is right or wrong. She also deals with alcoholism and an ex-husband her daughter claims molested her when she was younger. It is difficult to accept her state of being in the end because she is jerked in so many directions for a sappy ending to work. Lohan is wonderful as the foul mouth daughter who deflowers a local male and attempts to seduce an old fling of her mother. Her revelation is also difficult to accept. Dermot Mulroney plays a veterinarian who used to date Huffman. Cary Elwes plays Huffman's ex and Lohan's stepfather whose presence is unwelcome by Fonda. While the conclusion might try to tidy things up too abruptly, the film stresses the strength in family and rules made to mend. Score: 8 / 10
Rachel (Lindsay Lohan) is a mess and forced to stay with her grandmother Georgia (Jane Fonda) in Idaho for the summer before college. She has trouble with her mother Lilly (Felicity Huffman) and gets left at the side of the road. Lilly doesn't get along with her mother Georgia either and can't wait to go home to San Fransico. Georgia is religious and has strict Georgia Rules. Rachel flirts with Harlan (Garrett Hedlund) and has oral sex with the Mormon. She gets a job at Simon (Dermot Mulroney) the vet who is still struggling with the death of his wife and baby. Rachel reveals to Simon that she had sex with her stepfather Arnold (Cary Elwes) at 12 but later claims it to be a lie. Georgia tells Lilly anyways. Arnold denies it but Lilly comes to get the truth from Rachel.Garry Marshall is probably the wrong director for this darker material. I think that his natural tendency is comedy and that's a problem. The cast is there for the dark material. Lohan fits this role very well. Fonda doesn't fit quite as well. However the comedy attempts don't fit and conflict badly. There is something that is too dysfunctional to be in a comedy and I think child abuse is it.
Well, it was entertaining enough, but...This movie was marketed as a comedy, which is totally inaccurate since there are surprisingly few "funny" moments. For some people probably none at all.It was not the light-hearted comedy I thought it was going to be. It's quite a serious movie that deals with serious issues.Lindsay Lohan did a fine job... portraying her real-life self. She was so convincing as a spoiled stuck-up party girl because she didn't have to act.Also, there was zero chemistry between characters and you could actually tell that they can't stand / couldn't care less for each other. None of them seem to have bothered to "own" their respective roles; instead, they just showed up and did their jobs -- that's the vibe you get from this movie.Nevertheless, it's quite an O.K. movie -- for those interested in this genre (drama).
"He abused me!""He didn't abuse me, sorry." "Wait, yes he did!" "No, he didn't, I was just looking for attention."(huge plot twist spoiler alert) "Actually, he did!" (what a jaw dropper)The EndAnd the script and characters were awful too. Though if you like blow jobs, bitches and complete apathy towards characters, give it a shot. Oh and don't tell me I "don't get it", it's a pretty damn simple movie. 2/10, would not recommend if it was the only cure for blindness.