Monday, May 28, 2007

Georgia Rule

I had to see this movie because Linds was in it. Oddly enough, her character in the movie is how I actually picture the real Linds, a rebel, a smart ass yet deep down sad, troubled and craving affection.

Jane Fonda is Georgia, Rachel's (Linds) grandmother. Rachel's mother dumps her in Idaho to get some old fashioned mothering and a house full of rules, thus Georgia Rules.

Idaho is boring. Rachel brings her anger and rebiliousness to this small town and shakes it up a bit, including turning on a Mormon love interest. As the movie progresses, you find out the secrets that make Rachel rebelious and her mother drink to cope.

Linds does a convincing job of playing the troubled teen. She looks great and is compelling on screen. The story about the mother hating her mother and in turn perpetuating the same misunderstanding with her daughter makes for a lot more drama than needed. Bascially they learn to understand one another enough to reconcile at some level. Guess mothers and daughters always have that tension. Mothers seem to bring that out in their kids- that over-protective, rule giving, stern parent who shows she cares by instilling rules and being autocratic. And daughters hating it and not knowing how to cope.

This movie may make you cry. It'd probably be a better rental- somewhere in the realm of Terms of Endearment and Steel Magnolias- so get the tissue out and prepare to be tad depressed. Or if you see it at a theatre now, go to Spiderman afterwards for some action.

Worth the money: $$$ 1/2

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