Synopsis
The rebel, reckless and spoiled teenager Rachel Wilcox travels from San Francisco to the conservative Mormon Hull, Idaho, with her alcoholic mother Lily to spend the summer with her grandmother Georgia. Rachel and Lily have a troubled relationship and Georgia follows severe rules at her home. While with Georgia, Rachel reveals a traumatic secret from her past that explains her rebelliousness and brings her mother back to Idaho to check whether her daughter is telling the truth.
What Uncle Sha learned
I’ve yet to read the synopsis before watching the movie, I was rather unsure what to expect, and ‘Georgia Rule’ starts out rather random for me.
It took awhile but when the premise of the story did formed, from then onwards it was a roller-coaster ride.
The movie dwells on truth, half-truth and lies.
Is there even any difference between them, and does it really matter if the end justify the means.
Jane Fonda playing Georgia reminds me of my own grandmother that has an attitude.
While Lindsay Lohan was admirable in her acting by showing a certain range of emotion, but then again the role is second-nature for her, as she just need to be herself, which is a skank.
And Felicity Huffman was brilliantly believable as a drunk, the character is probably the worst-mum-in-the-world, as she was oblivious that her daughter was having sex with her stepfather.
What I liked about the film is that the unpredictable nature of the Georgia household.
Three women, all of them opinionated and headstrong, not afraid to stand their ground, and shove the picket up where the sun don’t shine if threatened.
I laughed, I sighed, and I cared … that’s an accomplishment considering I don’t give high marks to any just flicks.
Perfect it isn’t, it’s the imperfection that makes ‘Georgia Rule’ watchable.
