Georgia Rule

Today's movie pick brought to you by my soulmate, lest any of you think I'm getting soft.

First of all, let me just say, right off the bat, that this movie was not bad at all. It was actually pretty good for a chick flick. I think girls and you overly sensitive men will even shed a few tears. I expected it to totally suck because Lindsay Lohan's in it, but I guess I forgot to separate her personal life from her professional life. She did an excellent job. She's actually a pretty good actress for an alcoholic. She even looks pretty hot now that she's legal.

The movie was basically about three generations of women. Lindsay Lohan, the mom (the Desperate Housewife that you don't know), and the grandma (Jane Fonda). Lohan's the stereotypical wild child, the mom's an alky, and the grandma dishes out tough love. Lohan has to stay at grandma Georgia's for the summer as punishment, and because her mom was trying to take a break from her. Throughout the movie you get to see how each one acts out because of issues unresolved between them. Lindsay acts out 'cause Mommy's always paying attention to the bottle and stepdaddy's making her drink from his bottle. The mom acts out because grandpa died and granny was always strict with all these rules (hence, the title) and didn't show her love. It's just a relationshippy movie that keeps it real and makes you realize how lucky you may be because your family may not be as dysfunctional. It makes you realize that unresolved parent issues can manifest itself in your child having worse issues. If you can't love yourself, you won't be able to show love to others. Or in the case of the stepfather, loving your daughter too much will turn her into a whore.

What I also liked about the movie was that it took place in Idaho, which for those of you not in the know, means that there are a lot of potatoes and Mormons lying around. Well, the Mormons only lie around on Sunday, the Sabbath day, the day of rest, but you get the picture. Little Mormon humor there. Anyway, not to be all blasphemous, but having the Mormon theme throughout the movie actually made it funnier. True church-going Mormons wouldn't find any of it funny at all, but JackMormons might appreciate the humor.

Like there's this one scene where Lindsay "tempts" this virgin guy right before he goes on his two-year mission. He freaks out and feels the need to confess to his Molly Mormon girlfriend about what happened. Pretty funny. And then, there's a scene where all these Mormon girls are spying on Lindsay 'cause she's a Jezebel, and she ends up telling them to stop following her or else she'll "f@ck their boyfriends stupid." I thought that was pretty classic.

Anyway, all in all, I liked the movie. If you ever want to earn points with your girl and fake like you're in touch with your feminine side, pick this movie. At the very least, you can watch Lindsay Lohan shake what God gave her in various antiChrist outfits. I give this movie two wives...