Synopsis
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer who's happily married with children, but can't break out of the bar-band circuit and hit the big time she desperately covets. It's in part due to her attraction to drugs and booze, and also to her own unwise choice in men. Finally, though, Sadie's Achilles heel is a rough, unlovely voice very different than her sister's crowd-pleasing singing.
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Cast
- Jennifer Jason LeighSadie Flood
- Mare WinninghamGeorgia Flood
- Ted LevineJake
- Max PerlichAxel Goldman
- John DoeBobby
- John C. ReillyHerman
- Jimmy WitherspoonTrucker
- Jason CarterChasman
- Tom BowerErwin Flood
- Smokey HormelLeland
Recommendations
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
Directed by Ulu Grosbard, who has never done a better job of filling the screen with superb acting, and shows great ingenuity at interweaving music with other aspects of the story. - 100
Christian Science Monitor
Directed by Ulu Grosbard, who has never done a better job of filling the screen with superb acting, and shows great ingenuity at interweaving music with other aspects of the story. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
A complex, deeply knowledgeable story about a truly lost soul and her downward spiral. - 88
ReelViews
Georgia is a tour de force for Leigh, and her portrayal of the troubled, passionate Sadie lingers in the mind long after many of the movie's plot details have faded. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
A complex, deeply knowledgeable story about a truly lost soul and her downward spiral. - 88
ReelViews
Georgia is a tour de force for Leigh, and her portrayal of the troubled, passionate Sadie lingers in the mind long after many of the movie's plot details have faded. - 80
Chicago Reader
Quirky and nuanced, this movie has a lot to say about sibling rivalry and the current music scene. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Georgia is not an easy film, but in the American independent arena, it outperforms everything in sight.
