Review of Georgia

Ulu Grosbard's "Georgia" looks at the tense relationship between two sisters, the established, upstanding country singer Georgia (Mare Winningham in an Academy Award-nominated performance), and the aspiring but damaged Sadie (Jennifer Jason Leigh). The latter's efforts to make it big stretch the former's tolerance to the limits, especially since Sadie defines herself in relation to Georgia. Both actresses put their all into the roles, especially Leigh. The whole sequence where she tries to board the airplane is one of the most impressive that I've ever seen in a movie. I wholeheartedly recommend it.

Also starring Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill in "Silence of the Lambs") and John C. Reilly in an early role.