Product Description

Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/26/2008 Run time: 113 minutes Rating: R

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3151 in DVD
• Brand: Universal
• Released on: 2007-09-04
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 113 minutes

Amazon.com
When three generations of women collide, it isn't always pretty. In Georgia Rule, Lindsay Lohan (Mean Girls) stars as Rachel, a wild child whose mother Lilly (Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives) ships her off to Idaho to be tamed by Georgia (Jane Fonda, On Golden Pond)--Lilly's own cantankerous mom. There, 17-year-old Rachel shocks the conservative community with her short shorts, eager sexuality (which she plies on everyone from 12-year-old boys to unsophisticated, but hot, Mormon neighbors), and her tales of possible sexual abuse at the hands of her somewhat slimy stepfather (Cary Elwes, The Princess Bride). As directed by Garry Marshall (Beaches, Pretty Woman), Georgia Rule is a flawed chick flick where the women are tolerable but not particularly likeable. The characters we want to know more about are the peripheral ones we don't see enough of--the men. Simon (Dermot Mulroney), the kindly (and sexy) veterinarian who was once madly in love with Lilly, in many ways is the film's moral compass. A widower whose wife and son died tragically in an accident, Simon would've made a more compelling movie subject than these women. And for all his latent pining for Lilly, the moviegoer feels relieved for him that dodged a bullet by not marrying into this dysfunctional family. While the female leads aren't quite believable as mother, daughter, and grandmother, they all have strong moments in the film that save it from being a groaning mess. While Lohan doesn't exhibit the charm she displayed in Mean Girls, she more than holds her own in parts with the scene-stealing Fonda, who is quite good at chewing up the scenery. --Jae-Ha Kim

Customer Reviews

Talent with Attitude!
When the movie first came out on the big screen, critics weren't too friendly with the ratings. Being a fan of Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, and Felicity Huffman I really wanted to see the movie, but kept putting it off with each bad review I heard. Finally getting the chance to view it in the comfort of my own home, I didn't have high hopes.

In my opinion the acting was magnificent, and the storyline successfully portrayed each of the women's characters in an entertaining and chaotic way. I must admit as I watched the movie, I really couldn't see a male getting to excited about it. In fact I could see all of my male family members just hating this type of movie. For me, though, I think I could relate more. I didn't relate to Rachel's (Lindsay Lohan) distinct problems (I don't want to give the story away), but instead the relationships between mother and daughter, and grandmother and granddaughter, etc. Each of the characters, the Grandmother Georgia (Jane Fonda), Rachel's mother Lilly (Felicity Huffman), and Rachel had their own problems and each had their problems with each other. They work through them in their own distinct family way (lots of attitude!) and eventually come to an understanding with one another.

I enjoyed this movie greatly, and I think the next time I may pop the movie in when I am home with my own mother, because it is just that kind of movie. Like I said, I am not sure I would watch it with a male crowd, I am sure they would not take to it!

Actually, Quite Good
Sometimes it's very hard to put your negative personal feelings for an actress (in this case, Lindsay Lohan) aside but she is so good in Georgia Rule that you can't help but admire her performance. So, I loved her in this movie along with Felicity Huffman and Jane Fonda who were excellent in their own right. This was so much better than I expected. It's definitely a drama but also has some humor. Yes, it deals with the very serious subject of sexual abuse with a minor but it handles it well and honestly. Was this the greatest movie ever? No. But it certainly was good to very good.

Lindsay Lohan Rules (Georgia too)
As many have noticed, Jane Fonda is basically playing Henry Fonda in ON GOLDEN POND, but she's doing it backwards and in high heels, for she is also channeling Katharine Hepburn from the same film, as her hair gets piled up on her head like a giant pincushion pinned down with sheer will power. The script also gives Georgia babysitting duties so she can hang out with two little boys rather like the boy in ON GOLDEN POND, except doubled of course, two of them instead of the one from the 1979 Oscar winner. I thoroughly enjoyed this journey into the past, and I hope that the critical drubbing GEORGIA RULE got won't prevent Jane from once again retiring from the screen. We need her there, maybe just not in this part. She was excellent, but the script had her in the movie more than she needed to be, I suppose to give fairly even weight to all three of its big name actresses.

Felicity Huffman, whom I don't like in general, impressed me with her turn as the alcoholic mother clinging to a loser husband (Cary Elwes) in order to live in expensive, glittering San Francisco. She has one scene that took my breath away, when she gets some shocking news and tries to descend a staircase, she lifts a foot and misses the step entirely, in a brave, physical gesture that convinced me she was totally inside her character's mind.

Perhaps due to the off camera antics of Lindsay Lohan, the movie is noticeably choppy and doesn't make sense from scene to scene. One has the feeling that big parts of the script were either not filmed or cut. Why for example does Georgia send Rachel to live with Simon--the vet slash doctor--and not act like it's strange for a young teen to be living with a middle aged man she has just met last week? I didn't get it, and sure enough, before you can say, Samantha Ronson, there's Lindsay creeping into his bed and telling him that she wants him. But he teaches her the difference between appropriate love and the slut love of someone ruined by interference during childhood.

However even though her bad behavior earned her the reputation of being horrible to work with, Lohan is captivating in a difficult part. Director Garry Marshall who made PRETTY WOMAN knows how to shine a steady, and indeed flattering light, on a sexually promiscuous and beautiful young woman. These are different times, he seems to say, and it's all for the good.