"Rachel, an out of hand teenager is taken to her grandmother to live. Georgia is not your typical sweet and doting grandmother. She lives her life by a number of unbreakable rules, demanding anyone who shares her home do the same--God comes first and hard work comes a very close second.As Rachel succumbs to her summer of misery and shakes up the tiny Mormon town, Georgia notices something is changing within her granddaughter.
Movie type: Drama Comedy - Contrary to the advertising, this is not a light chick flick but a drama with a few comedic touches dealing with very dark and serious subject matter. Fans of the three leads will have plenty to savor, as will the target audience of women, but this is not what the bubbly advertising suggests.
Director: Garry Marshall
Script: Mark Andrus
Starring: Jane Fonda (Georgia), Lindsay Lohan (Rachel Wilcox), Felicity Huffman (Lilly), Dermot Mulroney (Dr. Simon Ward)
Length: 1 hr. 53 min.
Reviews:
”Poor Georgia Rule doesn't make you feel good; it makes you queasy.” USA Today
”Below Average Huffman and Lohan, who seems to know a thing or two about self-destruction, are actually quite good at conveying their characters' pain and self-hatred, while Fonda is surprisingly rusty...” TV Guide Online
”Below Average Weighted down by too much disturbing material to work as a glossy, lighthearted comedy, yet dappled with too many broad comic moments to stand as a serious film, 'Georgia Rule' oscillates clumsily from shock to slapstick to schmaltz.” Newsday
Source:
cinemareview.com
22.09.2007