Directed
by:
Steven Soderberg
Starring:
Julia
Roberts, Aaron Eckhart, Albert Finney
IMBD
synopsis: ''Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother,
desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends
to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no
alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in
compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy
clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a
suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company.
What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was
contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is
improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the
area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of
events that would involve her law firm in one of the biggest class action
lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.''
My
rating: 9/10
My
comment: When I think about which actress I admire the most, Julia
Roberts always comes to mind. She always plays powerful women in her roles. In
this role she plays a smart woman with three kids and little money to raise
them. This movie is based on a true story, and even though I don't know much
about the real Erin Brockovich, I think that Julia Roberts was a great casting
choice.
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