Watch the trailer: http://movies.aol.com/movie/georgia-rule/25985/main
I'm fortunate to see a new movie about once a week. After seeing the trailer for Georgia Rule, I was expecting a family comedy/drama. And with Jane Fonda heading the cast, I figured this would be a good movie. Well I was fooled by the trailer. The comedy is at the expense of Felicity Huffman's character and not really funny but meanspirited in the depiction of her drinking problem. Didn't funny drunks go out of style after Dudley Moore's Arthur? Fonda is wasted in too small a role and hearing her tell her granddaughter to "go f--k herself'' did not come off as amusing but coarse and out of character. And if you dislike Lindsay Lohan, you'll really hate her after seeing her here. Her character seems to mirror her real life and this backfires on the audience as you soon have no sympathy for this manipulative, lying whorebag. I'm not sure when she was ever telling the truth and by the movie's end, I didn't care. Even the maudlin happy ending (with Lohan & Huffman as her mom pictured above) seems insincere & tacked on and couldn't save this mess. At that point the only thing I cared about was being glad the movie was over.
Most of the characters are unappealing or embarrassing as in the portrayal of the dumb hick kid who falls for Lohan. The movie's main fault is its uneven and unsatisfying balance between comedy & drama that I'm willing to bet that last minute editing couldn't save a possibly bad script. Real laughs are few & far between. When we left the theater, people were grumbling and one lady said to me: "This wasn't what I expected." My thoughts exactly! My 89-year-old mother hated this vulgar movie so much, I thought I was going to lose my inheritance... lol
I try to see well-reviewed movies and those recommended by friends whose opinions I trust. However, Georgia Rule was the worst movie I saw in 2007. You can watch similar but certainly better stuff for free on TV. If you're a masochist, rent the DVD.
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