Bullock gives it her all; she's bristling and alive on screen in a way that she hasn't been since Speed.
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
28 Days tries hard to be funny. Occasionally it is. But mostly it seems forced, pat and didactic.
Bullock also covers herself with gratuitous comedy and predictable drama to prevent audiences from seeing the naked truth of addiction.
Betty Thomas' amiable little rehab romantic dramedy 28 Days may aspire to be more, but it's clearly another member of this disingenuous movie family.
Bullock brings a kind of ground-level vulnerability to 28 Days that doesn't make her into a victim but simply into one more suitable case for treatment.
A failure of form, style, content, detail, humor and emotion, the film betrays the people it hopes to portray -- workaday folks struggling to overcome addictions and start their lives anew.
Eminently likable Sandra Bullock has lately shown a bizarre knack for choosing hard-to-like movies. 28 Days continues her unenviable streak .
The story and character arcs are pure Screenwriting 101, and every time something unexpected seems poised to happen, the script reaches out, grabs it and pulls it back in line.
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