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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA clunky family-therapy soaper.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonMaybe Georgia Rule should be required viewing for Paris Hilton during her term in the slammer. But not for us.
- 50The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottIt's an interesting, maddening mess -- not a terrible movie, and by no means a dull one.
- 42Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerThere's enough family dysfunction here to fill out a dozen soppy soap operas.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceThere's almost no rescuing this wobbly movie from its showdowns and insights. Except, that is, when Lohan's around.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenNever rings true. It's a dramedy whose blend of melodrama and humor is awkward and incongruous, leaping between the two modes like a fat frog jumping lilypads.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenProves to be more prone to malfunction than dysfunction.
- 30VarietyVarietyNo offense to either of them, but Georgia Rule suggests an Ingmar Bergman script as directed by Jerry Lewis. The subject matter is grim, the relationships are gnarled, the worldview is bleak, and, at any given moment, you suspect someone's going to be hit with a pie.
- 25PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyAnd so it goes, leaving an awful taste and the inevitable question: Jane Fonda made a comeback to do dreck like this and "Monster-in-Law?"
- 10Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterJust what we need least: a warm family comedy about child molestation.That's Georgia Rule, which combines battleship actresses of the "Steel Magnolias" variety, fall-down-go-boom comedy that was obsolete in the '30s, Lindsay Lohan's cleavage and intergenerational fondling just for kicks.