Georgia Rule

Georgia Rule is a 2007 American black comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall from a screenplay by Mark Andrus.

The film also features Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes, Garrett Hedlund, Laurie Metcalf and Héctor Elizondo in supporting roles.

Georgia Rule was widely panned by critics, but the lead cast (Fonda, Lohan and Huffman) was praised for their performances.

Rachel Wilcox is a promiscuous, heavy-drinking young woman, whose drug addiction and rebellious ways are starting to spiral out of control.

However, his sister Paula Richards tells her he is mourning the death of his wife and son, killed in a car accident three years earlier.

When he arrives, Georgia tells him to leave, refusing to let him in the house, she hits him with a baseball bat and finally threatens his new Ferrari.

On the way back to San Francisco, when Arnold tells Lily he is giving Rachel his Ferrari, she realizes he is guilty.

Ostensibly set in Idaho, per the ending credits and DVD extras, the film was actually shot in Southern California, and much of the scenery was created with computer-generated imagery.

The production of Georgia Rule came to media attention when a warning letter from Morgan Creek Productions CEO James G. Robinson to Lindsay Lohan was leaked online on The Smoking Gun; in it, he criticized her heavy partying and lateness on set, calling her "discourteous, irresponsible and unprofessional", comparing her to a "spoiled child".

The site's consensus states: "Comedic and dramatic in all the wrong places, Georgia Rule is a confused dramedy that wastes the talents of its fine cast.