Georgia Rule

Review by Andrew L. Urban: Written with an ear for both comedy and painful intra-family relationships, Georgia Rule exceeds expectations with a smart yet sensitive screenplay and performances that work the drama as a way to wring humour from the characters. ... Full Review

Yet the film is not the runaway success we would like it to be. But watching the extraordinary Fonda is a treat, and the story strands come together beautifully with emotional panache. ... Full Review

Marshall cleverly tricked the photographers by whispering "action" to make it seem like they weren't filming. Marshall also laments the many scenes that needed to be shot in cars ("car shots are the root canals of filmmaking"), and virtually every big emotional scene featuring Felicity Huffman as Lohan's alcoholic mom. ... Full Review

Marshall cleverly tricked the photographers by whispering "action" to make it seem like they weren't filming. Marshall also laments the many scenes that needed to be shot in cars ("car shots are the root canals of filmmaking"), and virtually every big emotional scene featuring Felicity Huffman as Lohan's alcoholic mom. ... Full Review

Up to this point, Georgia Rule was best known as the film that caused its producer, James G. Robinson, to write a letter reprimanding 20-year-old Lohan for her unprofessional behavior during production (tardiness was not one of her finer qualities). But when she soon gives in to Georgia's rules, she lets down her guard and reveals a deep, dark secret that will either bring her family back together... ... Full Review

The film certainly isn't one of her best;.... ... Full Review

This movie should not be criticized so harshly for Lindsay's unadmirable behavior offscreen. If you don't like the movie, that's fine ... Full Review

Georgia Rule" is the pleasantly meandering, touching story of how all three of these screwed-up women fight one another and the demons of the past and finally reach some understanding of their lives and their complex family relationship. The movie suffers from some flat dialogue, and the motivations of the main characters sometimes seem to emerge from a particularly shallow text of pop psychology ... Full Review

With a few scenes cut out and others cleaned up, it could have been a great movie. In the meantime, Lilly arrives at her mom Georgia's (Jane Fonda) house, where the two exchange awkward greetings and can't say goodbye fast enough. ... Full Review

Even though Georgia isnt above using four-letter words, shell be darned if shell let Rachel take Gods name in vain. Director Garry Marshall, best known for frothy comedic fare like "Pretty Woman" and "The Princess Diaries", tries to inject his more lighthearted sensibilities to temper the more serious aspects of the story. ... Full Review