"Overdone, dramatically inept chick’s flick"
Peter Veugelaers: EntertainmentNutz
This overdone, dramatically inept chick’s flick stars Jane Fonda as Georgia, a God fearing Mormon matriarch from Idaho country who is visited by her off the straight and narrow granddaughter Rachel (Lindsay Lohan) whose penchant for wild gives her mother Lilly (Felicity Hoffman) reason to instil some discipline into her through Georgia’s no nonsense approach to life. While there, the youngster reveals a family secret. What seemed to be about the relationship between Fonda and Lohan and the latter’s reformation is instead about a more grave issue which takes the movie in a new direction that’s melodramatic and superficially handled although there are some touching moments in the melt, including the potentially resonant ending. A flaky and sometimes tasteless sub-plot involving a Mormon about to embark on a missionary trip for two years and his relationship with Rachel lacks continuity and believability, and Mormon’s are one-dimensionally sketched. Lohan’s character lacks definition and desire and she is more driven by the winds of those around her. Some of this story could have been given rich dramatic tones potentially, but it falls flat.

While it has all the ingredients of bad chick flicks, this doesn't degenerate into total bathos, thanks to the electric Lohan. Without Lindsay, this would be a dud
Tony Medley: Tolucan Times
Not only does this start out as a traditional chick flick, but the contrived opening exacerbates the distaste, with some of that pseudo-snappy dialogue (Mark Andrus) common to the genre that generally turns my stomach. Not clever; not funny...more

Whatever cachet rural Idaho earned from Napoleon Dynamite is surely lost, thanks to Georgia Rule
Suzanne Condie Lambert: Arizona Republic
Director Garry Marshall's comedy-drama suffers from an unfortunate role reversal. The comedy is stunningly unfunny, while the drama is sometimes disturbingly funny...more