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28 Days (2000)
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Reviews Counted:82
Fresh:25
Rotten:57
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: Even though 28 Days is tackling a difficult subject, it comes off light and superficial, and maybe even a little preachy.
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis:
Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) is a successful New York writer living life in the fast lane and everyone's favorite party girl. She shares this roller-coaster lifestyle of hopping from dance club...
Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) is a successful New York writer living life in the fast lane and everyone's favorite party girl. She shares this roller-coaster lifestyle of hopping from dance club to bar to hangover with boyfriend Jasper (Dominic West) -- handsome, magnetic and equally attracted to life on the wild side. Life is just an exercise in debauchery -- until Gwen's ungraceful display at her sister Lily's (Elizabeth Perkins) wedding, when she gets drunk, commandeers the limo and earns herself a DUI and 28 days in court-ordered rehab.
There, Gwen comes face to face with a unique set of rules (like no cell phones) and rituals (like chanting) embraced by an assortment of fascinating fellow re-habbers: Eddie (Viggo Mortensen), Gerhardt (Alan Tudyk), Oliver (Michael O'Malley), Andrea (Azura Skye), Roshanda (Oscar® nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste) and Bobbie Jean (Oscar® nominee Diane Ladd).
A jaded city girl to the core, Gwen is determined not to conform. Then she meets Counselor Cornell (Steve Buscemi), who begins to break through her carefully constructed defenses and force her to take a closer look at who she really is. Ultimately, through the companionship of her group as well as a devastating loss, Gwen gradually loses her cynicism and begins the long struggle to take back her life. Maybe, she discovers, your insides can match your outsides.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Steve Buscemi
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Steve Buscemi, Azura Skye, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Elizabeth Perkins, Diane Ladd, Mike O'Malley, Margo Martindale, Susan Krebs, Loudon Wainwright
Director: Betty Thomas
Director: Betty Thomas
Screenwriter: Susannah Grant
Producer: Jenno Topping
Composer: Richard Gibbs
Reviews for 28 Days
Not entirely original, but Bullock is charming and the supporting ensemble cast is solid in this rehab drama.
one of the most accurate movies about alcoholism and drug addiction I can remember
28 Days may be fluff, but it's good fluff: effortless, amusing and almost touching.
With Sandra Bullock in the lead, writer Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) spinning the tale, and director Betty Thomas calling the shots, it's a reliably solid treat.
An out-of-control young woman who is in denial is forced to finally confront her multiple addictions.
28 Days isn't good enough or smart enough. But, doggone it, people just might like it.
Sandra Bullock's best film in years -- perhaps even the best work she has ever done.
28 Days may be escapism masquerading as infotainment, but as the former, it does its job well.
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