Python Hyena Georgia Rule (2007): Dir: Garry Marshall / Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes: Rule in question regards bonding within three generations. Jane Fonda plays a grandmother in Idaho. Felicity Huffman plays her alcoholic daughter. Lindsay Lohan plays the granddaughter who cannot differentiate between truth or lie. Flawed with its comical ads that cover serious undertones. Director Garry Marshall does a fantastic job. He is famed for such films as Pretty Woman and Overboard. Fonda is terrific as the no nonsense grandmother who will no doubt set everything and everyone straight. Huffman struggles to understand her daughter and what is right or wrong. She also deals with alcoholism and an ex-husband her daughter claims molested her when she was younger. It is difficult to accept her state of being in the end because she is jerked in so many directions for a sappy ending to work. Lohan is wonderful as the foul mouth daughter who deflowers a local male and attempts to seduce an old fling of her mother. Her revelation is also difficult to accept. Dermot Mulroney plays a veterinarian who used to date Huffman. Cary Elwes plays Huffman's ex and Lohan's stepfather whose presence is unwelcome by Fonda. While the conclusion might try to tidy things up too abruptly, the film stresses the strength in family and rules made to mend. Score: 8 / 10

Danii Disaster Well, it was entertaining enough, but...This movie was marketed as a comedy, which is totally inaccurate since there are surprisingly few "funny" moments. For some people probably none at all.It was not the light-hearted comedy I thought it was going to be. It's quite a serious movie that deals with serious issues.Lindsay Lohan did a fine job... portraying her real-life self. She was so convincing as a spoiled stuck-up party girl because she didn't have to act.Also, there was zero chemistry between characters and you could actually tell that they can't stand / couldn't care less for each other. None of them seem to have bothered to "own" their respective roles; instead, they just showed up and did their jobs -- that's the vibe you get from this movie.Nevertheless, it's quite an O.K. movie -- for those interested in this genre (drama).

wheatie93 I may have to agree with previous reviewers about the marketing of this movie. This should have received better exposure. I saw this on Lifetime and enjoyed this movie. I may look for it on DVD.Lindsay's acting was superb. I also thought the Harlan and Dr. Simon were interesting. Of course, Felicity Huffman had great moments as Lindsay's mother. Jane Fonda played her role perfectly as Linday's grandmother. I had not seen her in a role such as this before. I really would have liked to see her character receive more exposure in this movie.I am surprised that Lohan and Huffman did not receive more acknowledgment for their dramatic roles.

moonspinner55 Three generations of headstrong women struggle to get along in this misfired comedy-drama from director Garry Marshall and screenwriter Mark Andrus. It is easily one of worst-written motion pictures in years. Opening with an unbelievable scene of mother-daughter conflict on the open highway, rebellious teenager Lindsay Lohan goes to sleep on the side of the road, is awakened by a Mormon hunk who inadvertently feels her up (thinking she's dead), and ends up hitching a ride into town with a veterinarian whom the girl decides must be gay because he didn't look at her exposed legs once. Lohan then runs into the hunk again, who thoughtfully figures she must be more dangerous than riding a horse. "Yeah," she tells him, "But at least after riding me, you don't have to wipe your shoes off." Shifting the tone midway into family soap opera, Marshall grinds the gears for emotional impact, however since no connection has been made between these characters and living, breathing human beings, the gambit fails to pay off. It is inconceivable that an actress of Jane Fonda's stature would end up in such a contrived, phony scenario--and it's painful to watch her trying to make something meaningful out of this abysmal material when the basic ingredients just aren't there. Lohan, playing an habitual liar and loudmouth, wears provocative clothes and sizes all the men up with a jaded, cynical stare, but her hard quality puts a wall up between she and the audience; we're not drawn to her, and less of her is more. A dynamic actress such as Drew Barrymore in her teenage years might have been able to pull this role off, but Lohan isn't in that league. * from ****