Art imitates life once again: Lindsay Lohan stars in Georgia Rule as a rebellious teen heading towards trouble. But rehab and paparazzi are replaced with bucolic farmlands and Jane Fonda, who plays the tough grandmother who takes Lohan under her wing for some attitude readjustment. Critics concede Lohan does a fine job, but none of the characters emerge beyond stereotypes and the direction is pedestrian.

Zach Braff stars in The Ex as a slacker relocating from New York to Ohio for a new job who's then at the mercy of a sadistic boss (Jason Bateman) -- who happens to be one of his wife's old flames (Amanda Peet). The critics argue that the film is unbalanced, with not enough laughs to compensate for the dark elements. And Braff and his co-stars come off as either unsympathetic or plain unpleasant.