Georgia (1995)

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Average Rating: 7/10
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Jennifer Jason Leigh's fearless performance in this film by Ulu Grosbard (True Confessions) is reminiscent of the young De Niro. Leigh plays a talentless junkie with a jealous fixation over the success of her singer-songwriter sister (Mare Winningham). The script by Leigh's mother, Barbara Turner, basically follows her slow descent so deep into a hell of disappointment and smack she almost comes out the other side partially redeemed. Whatever Grosbard may lack as an exciting visualist (he

R, 1 hr. 57 min.

Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International

Directed By: Ulu Grosbard

In Theaters: Nov 17, 1995 Wide

On DVD: Feb 15, 2000

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A painful though sadly humorous portrait of sisterhood deftly written by Leigh's mom, Barbara Turner, and directed with just-right spareness by Ula Grosbard.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Susan Wloszczyna

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Might be my favorite example of a movie that compels you toward binaristic assumptions but keeps outwitting them, with its immersed conviction in the palpable, sonic, psychological, atmospheric world that it inhabits and constructs.

August 30, 2009 Full Review Source: Nick's Flick Picks

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Nick Davis

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In Grosbard's study of siblings rivalry, Jennifer Jason Leigh, as the more aggressive but less talented sister, again shows why she's the most brilliant actress of her generation.

May 6, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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