GEORGIA RULE

'''Georgia Rule''' is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and starring Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda, Garrett Hedlund, Cary Elwes, Dermot Mulroney, and Felicity Huffman. The film is rated R for sexual content and some language. The film was released on May 11, 2007.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Reception

Box office

Critical reception

Release

Trivia

Trailer

References

External links

Plot

Rebellious teenager Rachel screams, swears, drinks and is, in a word, uncontrollable. With her latest car crash, Rachel has broken the final rule in mom Lilly's San Francisco home. With nowhere else to take the impulsive and rambunctious girl, Lilly hauls her daughter to the one place she swore she'd never return--her own mother's Idaho farm. Matriarch Georgia is not your typical sweet and doting grandmother. She lives her life by a number of unbreakable rules, demanding anyone who shares her home do the same--God comes first and hard work comes a very close second. Now saddled with raising the young woman, it will require each patient breath she takes to understand Rachel's fury. But as Rachel succumbs to her summer of misery and shakes up the tiny Mormon town, Georgia notices something is changing within her granddaughter. Given structure and responsibilities, Rachel is letting her guard down and learning compassion, especially for her mother. 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.
Lilly arranges for Rachel a job as assistent of veterinarian Simon, who illegally also treats people. Simon does not show interest in women, so Rachel thinks he is gay. However, Simon is still mourning the death of his wife and child. Rachel reawakens this interest.
Rachel performs oral sex on Harlan Wilson, who, not yet being married, was still a virgin because of his Mormon religion. He confesses to his Mormon girlfriend, who is shocked. A team of Mormons starts spying on Harlan to check whether he has sex again.
Rachels tells that her stepfather Arnold has sexually molested her in the past, but later admits that this was a lie. However, several times she reverses her story. When Arnold generously gives his expensive new car to Rachel it becomes clear that he is guilty.

Cast

★ Jane Fonda as Georgia Randall

★ Lindsay Lohan as Rachel Wilcox

★ Felicity Huffman as Lily Wilcox

★ Dermot Mulroney as Simon

★ Cary Elwes as Arnold

★ Garrett Hedlund as Harlan Wilson

★ Christine Lakin as Grace

★ Zachary Gordon as Ethan

★ Laurie Metcalf as Paula

★ Dylan McLaughlin as Sam

★ Shea Curry as Melodee

★ Héctor Elizondo as Izzy

Reception

Box office

The movie opened at 2,523 theaters. As of July 4, 2007, the film has taken in $23,541,969 worldwide.

Critical reception

Reviews of the movie were mostly negative. The film earned a ''Rotten'' rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 19% ^[1] with a ''Cream of the Crop'' rating of only 7%. The film also had a low rating on Metacritic with a score of 25, which means ''Generally Negative Reviews''. ^[2]

Release

''Georgia Rule'' was released on May 10, 2007 in Australia; May 11, 2007 in the US, and scheduled for September 13, 2007 in the Netherlands.
''Georgia Rule'' was released on DVD on September 4, 2007.

Trivia

Producer James Robinson criticized actress Lindsay Lohan for excessive partying and showing up late to the set.
This was the first film where Lohan had a sex scene.
Lohan wears white in all but two scenes. In the scene where she goes to the motel to visit Arnold she is wearing a red dress, and in the scene where she tries to seduce Simon she is wearing a blue dress.

Trailer

The first official ''Georgia Rule'' movie trailer can be found on the ''Georgia Rule'' official site, and was released on March 14, 2007.^[3]
The trailer features the song "Extraordinary" by pop singer Mandy Moore.

References

1. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/georgia_rule/
2. http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/georgiarule
3. http://www.georgiarulemovie.net


★ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791304/trivia

External links

★ Georgia Rule Official Movie Site

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★ New York Times Review