Mostly, though, this is a cookie-cutter drama.
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
Gwen lands in Serenity Glen, where recovering addicts sing "Happy Trails To You" in between participating in the cutest group therapy sessions you've ever seen. This might be where the Care Bears go for help if they fall off the wagon.
28 Days isn't good enough or smart enough. But, doggone it, people just might like it.
It's going to take more than 28 Days to jump-start Sandra Bullock's stalled career.
The message is one that will be easy to sell to audiences looking for a reason to cheer. As a story about real people, however, it is a fraud.
The film certainly comes off as mostly effortless to watch, but ultimately doesn't turn into anything stirring, emotionally involving or special.
Sandra Bullock's best film in years -- perhaps even the best work she has ever done.
Un mensaje que por momentos quiere ser profundo y reflexivo pero que, desafortunadamente, se queda en el intento
28 Days is too glib too often to make much of an impression any way you look at it.
28 Days may be escapism masquerading as infotainment, but as the former, it does its job well.
28 Days is a cutesy, heavy-handed morality tale that contains nary a believable moment.
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