81
Metascore
18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittDirected by Ulu Grosbard, who has never done a better job of filling the screen with superb acting, and shows great ingenuity at interweaving music with other aspects of the story.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA complex, deeply knowledgeable story about a truly lost soul and her downward spiral.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliGeorgia is a tour de force for Leigh, and her portrayal of the troubled, passionate Sadie lingers in the mind long after many of the movie's plot details have faded.
- 80Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumQuirky and nuanced, this movie has a lot to say about sibling rivalry and the current music scene.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranGeorgia is not an easy film, but in the American independent arena, it outperforms everything in sight.
- 80NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenWritten with an acute ear by Barbara Turner (Leigh's mother) and directed by Ulu Grosbard, it's a resonant, grittily specific film.
- 80The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThe result is a film as maddening and unpredictable as the character herself, held together by a fierce, risk-taking performance and flashes of overwhelming honesty.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's still a good [movie], with its self-contained world of concert arenas and smoky clubs and sad, weird people who linger in the mind.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserSan Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserLeigh plays the tragic and annoying Sadie as if she loved and hated the character simultaneously. And to the degree that this courageous movie succeeds it will elicit the same feelings in the audience.
- 30TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissIt's a startling, exhausting spectacle - and, like the rest of Leigh's performance, very, very bad.