Teenage Rachel is a real thorn in the side of her mother, Lilly. More than just rebellious, she is incorrigible. Lilly then decides to send her to her grandmother's house where Lilly vowed never to return. But after a crisis, the three woman become closer than ever and start to understand each other more.
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.
Antagony & Ecstasy
September 14, 2007
A fluffy comedy about a young woman who was repeatedly raped by her stepfather.
You'd think that decree No. 1 for a movie about rules would be to know exactly what kind of picture you're making and selling. Georgia Rule fails that basic test, and a whole lot of other ones besides.
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.
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.
