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Georgia Rule (2007)

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Reviews Counted:116

Fresh:20

Rotten:96

Average Rating:3.8/10

Consensus: Comedic and dramatic in all the wrong places, Georgia Rule is a confused dramedy that wastes the talents of its fine cast.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexual content and some language

Runtime: 1 hr. 53 min.

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Theatrical Release: May 11, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $18.9M

Synopsis: Rachel comes to stay with her Grandmother Georgia for the summer leaving some obvious problems behind at home. Her alcoholic mother doesn't even stay... Rachel comes to stay with her Grandmother Georgia for the summer leaving some obvious problems behind at home. Her alcoholic mother doesn't even stay the night before rushing back out to California to be with her husband. Rachel shakes up the town, a beautiful girl in the boring Mormon country. Then she reveals her deepest secret to one of her new friends, and her mother comes rushing back to find out if its true. In the midst of this crisis the three woman become closer than ever and start to understand each other more. [More]

Starring: Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney

Starring: Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes, Garrett Hedlund, Hector Elizondo, Zachary Gordon, Dylan McLaughlin

Director: Garry Marshall

Director: Garry Marshall
Screenwriter: Mark Andrus
Producer: David C. Robinson (II) , Guy McElwaine , Peter Guber
Studio: Universal Pictures

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REVIEWS FOR GEORGIA RULE

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
Apr 23, 2009
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

Oh Lindsay Lohan, where has your talent gone?

Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | comment Comment
Aug 23, 2008
Heather Huntington
Heather Huntington
ReelzChannel.com

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
Aug 7, 2008
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

It's a comedy about sexual abuse, or at least it tries to be, and fails at with flying colors...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
Apr 14, 2008
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

The kind of film your parents will cite as the reason they don't go to movies anymore.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
Jan 2, 2008
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

The confused script trades in such heavy topics as alcoholism and child sexual abuse, but every dramatic scene plays like one of those schmaltzy Happy Days moments that inevitably drew a big 'Awwwwww!' from the studio audience.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
Dec 3, 2007
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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Lohan acts out in muddled mother-daughter comedy.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
Oct 31, 2007
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

A fluffy comedy about a young woman who was repeatedly raped by her stepfather.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
Sep 14, 2007
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

Rarely awful, Garry Marshall's films consistently exhibit a veneer of banality, and Georgia Rule is no exception.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
Sep 9, 2007
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

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Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
Jun 21, 2007
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Since when did sexual abuse find its way into a comedy?I guess when it's part of a screenplay written by Mark Andrus and directed by Garry Marshall ("Pretty Woman").

Full Review | comment Comment
Jun 10, 2007
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Careless and predictable, Georgia Rule offers up the abuse victim's "sexy" acting out as alternately beguiling and blameworthy.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
May 30, 2007
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

[An] unruly, often bracing misfire.

Full Review Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | comment Comment
May 23, 2007
Thomas Peyser
Thomas Peyser
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

The subject matter in Georgia Rule--sexual abuse and alcoholism, for starters--lends itself to drama, but Garry Marshall's tone deaf direction and Mark Andrus' sloppy script play it as comedy.

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
May 22, 2007
Mark Pfeiffer
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

The film is unforgivable.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
May 19, 2007
Melissa Anderson
Melissa Anderson
Time Out New York

The only people who would be attracted to actually watching this film aren’t going to be able to watch it anyway.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
May 19, 2007
Michael Ferraro
Michael Ferraro
Film Threat

A family drama that flies all over the place and does not do justice to the serious ethical issues it raises.

Full Review | comment Comment
May 17, 2007
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

...it's ultimately difficult not to be drawn into the soap opera-ish exploits of the central characters.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
May 17, 2007
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

If there's not a dry eye in the house when Lilly and Rachel finally hug, it's only because audiences will have cleared out by that point.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
May 16, 2007
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

Time for a new book by Jane Fonda, and this time I expect a full chapter on how she got snookered into doing Georgia Rule.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
May 16, 2007
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer
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