Synopsis
Rebellious, uncontrollable teenager, Rachel is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her estranged grandmother, Georgia. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding that - regardless what happens - the ties that bind can never be broken.
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Cast
- Jane FondaGeorgia Randall
- Lindsay LohanRachel Wilcox
- Felicity HuffmanLilly
- Dermot MulroneyDr. Simon Ward
- Cary ElwesArnold
- Garrett HedlundHarlan Wilson
- Hector ElizondoIzzy
- Dylan McLaughlinSam
- Zachary GordonEthan
- Laurie MetcalfPaula Richards
Recommendations
- 58
Entertainment Weekly
A clunky family-therapy soaper. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Maybe Georgia Rule should be required viewing for Paris Hilton during her term in the slammer. But not for us. - 50
The New York Times
It's an interesting, maddening mess -- not a terrible movie, and by no means a dull one. - 42
Christian Science Monitor
There's enough family dysfunction here to fill out a dozen soppy soap operas. - 40
Village Voice
There's almost no rescuing this wobbly movie from its showdowns and insights. Except, that is, when Lohan's around. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Never rings true. It's a dramedy whose blend of melodrama and humor is awkward and incongruous, leaping between the two modes like a fat frog jumping lilypads. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Proves to be more prone to malfunction than dysfunction. - 30
Variety
No offense to either of them, but Georgia Rule suggests an Ingmar Bergman script as directed by Jerry Lewis. The subject matter is grim, the relationships are gnarled, the worldview is bleak, and, at any given moment, you suspect someone's going to be hit with a pie.
