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Georgia Rule

Mother. Daughter. Grandmother. In this family, attitude doesn't skip a generation.

2007 · 1h 53m · R Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by Garry Marshall

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Overview

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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18%
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Rotten

The confused script trades in such heavy topics as alcoholism and child sexual abuse, but every dramatic scene plays like one of those schmaltzy Happy Days moments that inevitably drew a big 'Awwwwww!' from the studio audience.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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The film is unforgivable.

Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York
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Time for a new book by Jane Fonda, and this time I expect a full chapter on how she got snookered into doing Georgia Rule.

Rex Reed, New York Observer
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Director Garry Marshall has too much confidence that he can match the weighty issues here with the light comedy. He can't. Or at least he can't with this cast.

Keith Phipps, AV Club
Rotten

The central problem with the movie isn't that it deals with several hot-button topics, but that it addresses them with a shocking lack of emotional honesty.

James Berardinelli, ReelViews

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