GEORGIA
A film review by Michael John Legeros
Copyright 1996 Michael John Legeros
(Miramax) Directed by Ulu Grosband Written by Barbara Turner Cast Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mare Winningham, Ted Levine MPAA Rating "R" (presumably for language, nudity, drug use, etc.) Running Time 113 minutes Reviewed at The Colony Twin, Raleigh, NC (10FEB96)
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Mare Winningham and Jennifer Jason Leigh play two singing sisters, one stable and quite successful, the other addicted to gross self- destruction. Guess which one Leigh plays. Director Ulu Grosband's uncomfortable drama has been winning praise ever since Cannes and the Montreal World Film Festival, where, at the latter, it was inexplicably awarded two top awards. As written by Barbara Turner (Leigh's Mom), GEORGIA fancies itself as a musical "tough love" tale; a story where the "better" half truly loves and, thus, must tolerate the "less-fortunate" one. Bullshit. Everyone in this movie-- including the *very* good Winningham-- tolerates Leigh's behavior, never once forcing her to help herself. That's fine, I guess, for those legions of people who enjoy watching this sort of spiraling self-abuse. They are probably the same ones who thought that Leigh was *fabulous* in MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE. Me, I fell asleep.
Grade: C-
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Mike Legeros - Raleigh, NC
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