“Georgia Rule”
*** Forget the hoopla surrounding Jane Fonda’s return to the screen two years ago for “Monster in Law,” where the movie’s best writing was in the title. “Georgia Rule” can rightly be celebrated as her comeback. As Georgia Wilcox – grandmother to Rachel and mother to Lilly – the actress pulls off strong, wise, unsure and certain, sometimes in the span of seconds. When she grabs a bat and starts swinging, it’s violent, authentic and amusing. This mix occurs often in director Garry Marshall and writer Mark Andrus’ feisty comedy about a city girl banished to Idaho’s high country. Lindsay Lohan and Felicity Huffman hold up their end of this bargain as the other Wilcox gals. Rated R for its edge and sexual frankness. What there isn’t, bless Marshall’s heart, is a lot of music telling us how to feel about this reunion.|R|113 minutes |Released today|Lisa Kennedy
“Stephanie Daley”
*** 1/2 At a high school ski out-
ing, a trail of blood is visible in the snow. The trail is left by Stephanie Daley, a 16-year-old girl whose stillborn baby is found in a toilet. The girl claims that she didn’t know she was pregnant, but the “ski mom” case becomes a sensation. She is charged with murder, and before her trial, is sent for sessions with a forensic psychologist. Stephanie (Amber Tamblyn) has an imperfect understanding of the realities of pregnancy. The psychologist, Lydie Crane (Tilda Swinton), had a miscarriage and is expecting again. Their conversations are almost in code, with much silence. There are courtroom scenes, but this is neither a whodunit, a what-was-done or a moral or political argument from any position. It simply, sympathetically, sees how real life can be too complicated to match with theories.|R|92 minutes|Released today|Roger Ebert
“Delta Farce”
1/2* Larry the Cable Guy and
company spend 90 minutes mocking the Army, U.S. policy in Iraq and Mexicans. But for the closing credits, they dedicate the movie to the “real heroes” in the U.S. Armed Forces. Talk about your “Jus’ kiddin’, y’all.” As service comedies go, “Farce” is more idiotic than most. Georgia “weekend warriors” are shipped off to Iraq and somehow, between Georgia and Fallujah, the plane dumps them into Mexico. The writers and director try to wring a few laughs out of incompetent soldiers who accidentally invade rural Mexico and find themselves caught up in “The Magnificent Seven,” drinking Modelo Especial and saving the locals from banditos. Not a lot of laughs, though.|PG-13|90 minutes |Released today|Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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