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movie review - Georgia

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

This is a flick about two sisters who are singers. One, played by Jennifer Leigh, is the troubled sort, a junkie who burns through her friends in the usual arc of self-destruction as a star. Mare Winnigham plays the straight one, a respected performer in her own right.

The basic tale is a good one, without a lot of unnecessary drama and angst. There is a rivalry that lies between the two sisters that is both realistic and more than sufficient to prevent the "good sister" from simply falling into the role of keeper for the more tortured one. This is done well enough, in fact, that it smacks of being based on a real story. And, I mean that as a compliment. This was a surprisingly good change of pace for me.

Recommended.