SpenniesGeorgia Rule Rules Nothing
May 22nd 2007 04:02
Georgia Rule stars Lindsay Lohan as a promiscuous 17 year old girl who is so out of control that she has been driven to a small Idaho town to by her mother Lilly (Felicity Huffman) to spend the summer with her God-fearing grandmother (Jane Fonda) to snatch up some of the slack in her life. Rachel (Lohan) shows her rebellion early on and carries it well through out the movie (I wonder, is that really acting? Don’t get me wrong…I think Lohan has remarkable talent. But this is the movie that got her called in to the principal’s office by CEO James G. Robinson). Rachel can’t stand her alcoholic mother Lilly and Lilly can’t stand her non-stop rulemaking mother Georgia, hence the name for the film. The movie is horribly dysfunctional beyond anything humorous.
Lilly has her own problems as well, falling off of the wagon in a supposedly funny scene (I failed to miss the humor) leaving her topless on her mother’s lawn following the bombshell of the molestation allegation. Again, how is this funny?
Georgia is more supplemental to the story so I have to wonder the film was named after her. The most enjoyable parts were watching her stuff a bar of soap in someone’s mouth when they would blaspheme.
Garry Marshall directed this horrible fiasco of a film. A family that is devastated by dark secrets simply cannot be made whole with a hug. And I have to say that not only was I offended by the casual mention of what is child rape, but I was also appalled at the sheer lack of concern of morals. In a society that teaches us to be respectful of race, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity the scene in the rowboat was in extremely bad taste. And it just wasn’t that scene. It was the following scenes with Rachel; the complete cheapening of the act, of what Harlan thought was right and wrong. Basically, it was okay for Rachel to throw herself on Harlan…that is what girls do now, right? Wrong! Not all of them do! It creates a stereotype. Not to mention that the movie also presents that it is acceptable not to be respectful of one’s beliefs. The lying, the manipulation was probably not the best context for feel-good director Marshall to undertake.
I give Georgia Rule no stars out of five. No stars are awarded for family friendliness as well. With rebellion, manipulation, sexuality, nudity, and language, I can only urge parents to keep their children (and teens for that matter) far away from this one.
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