Erin Brockovich (DVD)

Erin Brockovich is the 2000 film from director Steven Soderbergh, based on the true story of a small local community rising to its feet to tackle a corporation in the courts. It has been highly critically acclaimed, and many believe it to be Julia Roberts' finest performance. The Plot Erin Brockovich is a jobless, divorced single mum. When her lawyer fails to win her a settlement following a car crash, she persuades him to let her have a job in compensation for the loss. Immersed in her new job, Erin stumbles on a cover-up involving the local water supply and the medical condition of many inhabitants of the community. Armed with facts and witnesses, ...  Read the complete review

Julia Roberts is excellent as the brassy single mum who ends up doing battle with a large company over a case of contaminated water and the feect it had on the lives of a number of locals living close to the companies plant. What makes this film even more fascinating is that it is a true story and the character that Roberts plays is still very much alive today and still battling big business. The story opens with Roberts storming out of traffic court after losing a case for compensation where she was the victim in a motor accident, her rather slimy middle aged lawyer had coached her to fake her injuries but having lost she was left to face financial ...  Read the complete review

INTRO Erin Brockovich is a film I fancied seeing from the first time I watched a trailer. I think Julia Roberts is great and have enjoyed many of her films, plus the plot for this one sounded very interesting. But somehow I never managed to see it – until this week, when – after borrowing my friend’s DVD – I finally watched it over two evenings. FILM The film is about a remarkable woman called Erin Brockovich. Based on a true story, it describes how this poor, struggling, single mom of three turns her life around by her strength, courage, feistiness and determination. She wangles her way into a job at the law ...  Read the complete review

I went into this movie expecting to see a light-hearted comedy with Julia Roberts. What I did not anticipate, was that the movie would actually have a compelling dramatic story and be shaded more towards something serious than a comedy. More than anything I was bowled over by the strong characters, top-notch performances, bold cinematography, capable editing, and expert direction that all come together to form the grand fairytale that is "Erin Brockovich." The movie opens with Erin (Roberts) interviewing for a job, during which she says all the wrong things. The scene then continues outside where she smokes a cigarette, finds that she's ...  Read the complete review

Stephen Soderburgh is not a director who has held much interest for me in the past. I have seen alot of his work, usually by accident because having seen one or two, he certainly wouldn't have been a director I sought out. Movies like Kafka, Sex, Lies and Videotape, and the abysmally dull The Limey did nothing to set my world alight, or that of the movie world in general for that matter, so I didn't really hold out too much hope for Erin Brockovich either. That said, Julia Roberts can always be relied upon for a watchable performance and Albert Finney is equally reliable so I decided to give it a chance...and having done so, I have no qualms in recommending this ...  Read the complete review