Georgia Rule (2007)

A troubled young woman is sent to live with her grandmother for the summer, while hiding a secret that could potentially tear her family apart.

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writer:

Mark Andrus

Stars:

Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman

3 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jane Fonda	...	Georgia
Lindsay Lohan	...	Rachel
Felicity Huffman	...	Lilly
Dermot Mulroney	...	Simon
Cary Elwes	...	Arnold
Garrett Hedlund	...	Harlan
Hector Elizondo	...	Izzy
Dylan McLaughlin	...	Sam
Zachary Gordon	...	Ethan
Laurie Metcalf	...	Paula
Tereza Stanislav	...	Violin Teacher
Fred Applegate	...	Townie #1
Cynthia Ferrer	...	Townie #2
Destiney Sue Walker	...	Waitress (as Destiney Moore)
Adreana Gonzalez	...	Izzy's Niece (as Adreana Betan)

Storyline

Rachel comes to stay with her Grandmother Georgia for the summer leaving some obvious problems behind at home. Her alcoholic mother doesn't even stay the night before rushing back out to California to be with her husband. Rachel shakes up the town, a beautiful girl in the boring Mormon country. Then she reveals her deepest secret to one of her new friends, and her mother comes rushing back to find out if its true. In the midst of this crisis the three woman become closer than ever and start to understand each other more.

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Plot Keywords:

rules | watching tv | summer | secret | woman | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes you have to lose your way to find your family.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content and some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 May 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Anya, lánya, unokája

Filming Locations:

Halfway House Cafe - 15564 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,773,870, 13 May 2007

Gross USA:

$19,103,072

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$24,991,167

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morgan Creek Entertainment, Trust Me

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Garry Marshall had film rights to the story for ten years before he could find a studio willing to make it. This was the lowest budget and least amount of filming days he ever shot a movie in.

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Goofs

When Rachel visits Georgia for the first time, she has rather worn off reddish nail polish. When she wakes up in the morning on the couch, obviously zoned out because of all the walking, without time to do much about her appearance, she has a professional looking French manicure. In the next scene she has red nail polish again.

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Quotes

Harlan: You're a dangerous girl, aren't you?
Rachel: It depends on what you define as dangerous.
Harlan: Safer to get thrown from a horse.
Rachel: But you don't have to brush me or feed me after riding me.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.200 (2011)

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Soundtracks

A Lovely Day
Written and Performed by Donavon Frankenreiter (as Donovan Frankenreiter)
Courtesy of Lost Highway Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Pleasantly Surprised

This movie was a complete surprise! I had heard the worst reviews and when I watched it I was happily surprised. Love her or hate her Lindsey Lohan can act. I agree with others that say this movie was badly advertised. It is definitely not a light comedy, but deals with a real issue of sexual abuse. Lohan's acting makes the watcher laugh, cry, and ask yourself if she really just said that. She makes all those around her shine. I'm tired of the same old movies making it big on screen just because they are the stereotypical feel good comedies. This is finally an original movie with an original screenplay. If you are tired of copycat movies you should watch this one. Thumbs up!