Erin Brockovich Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES
She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.
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 lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.
| Julia Roberts | Erin Brockovich |
| David Brisbin | Dr. Jaffe |
| Dawn Didawick | Rosalind |
| Albert Finney | Ed Masry |
| Valente Rodriguez | Donald |
| Conchata Ferrell | Brenda |
| George Rocky Sullivan | Los Angeles Judge |
| Pat Skipper | Defending Lawyer |
| Jack Gill | Defendant |
| Irene Olga López | Mrs. Morales |
| Julie Marks | Beth Brockovich - 8 Months |
| Scotty Leavenworth | Matthew Brockovich |
| Gemmenne de la Peña | Katie Brockovich |
| Erin Brockovich-Ellis | Julia, the Waitress |
| Steven Soderbergh |
7.20 out of 10 (33948 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Julia Who?
posted on 22 Aug 2009Whoa!! What can I say or more to the point what can't I say about this movie? Well first off, I would like to say that I like Julia Roberts as an actress but this is the first time that I didn't think of her as Julia Roberts. I just hope the fact this movie came out so early they don't forget it at the Oscars!! Second thing, was as I was watching the movie I could not believe that this was based on a true story, scary was not the word! Thirdly, I'm I the only person to see the real Erin Brockovich in the film as the waitress at the Diner? On my last note I have to say this was amazing film, an amazing story and I just wish I could speak my mind so well!!
A very compelling story, well casted and with superb acting.
posted on 31 Jul 2009Very entertaining movie, which held my attention throughout. Julia Roberts and Albert Finney were just outstanding in the lead roles. Only criticisms are two: The "R" rating for language was much deserved. The movie could have been just as effective if the language was curbed. The firey personality of Erin could have been displayed just as well, and the movie could have been more available to younger audiences, which would be beneficial. It was disappointing to me to see someone of the stature and appeal of Julia Roberts using such crude language and probably 95% of the foul talk was in her script. The only other negative feature was the tiresome politically correct themes that seem to always appear in Hollywood productions, of the bad capitalist corporations, and the strong capable female and weak dependent males. PC was violated, however, with insults hurled at an overweight female character. With these exceptions, it was in the top category of movies I have seen.
Feel-good movie of the year
posted on 29 Jul 2009I really enjoyed this movie. Julia Roberts plays Erin Brockovich, a single mom with three kids who becomes a lawyer's assistant, and brings down a huge company almost on her own. The fact that someone without a degree or higher education can pull off a stunt like this, only looks a little incredible, but aren't many films like that?Steven Soderbergh (King of the Hill,Traffic) did a fine job, Albert Finney (Miller's Crossing,Traffic) was excellent, and so was Julia Roberts. If you like this movie, you may also like The Truman Show! My rating: 8/10
Funny and Entertaining
posted on 27 Jul 2009What more can you ask for in a movie? Well worth the money you'd pay to see it on the big screen. The dialog is witty and the story line is stable. While the movie does go into pointless tangents, remember this is based on a real person. Don't we all have pointless tangents in our lives?Not the best movie, but certainly worthy of a few Academy Awards for next year. I especially liked the way Albert Finney played his part as the reluctantly acceptant lawyer. His facial expressions and entire performance highlight this movie.This movie isn't something for the kids. It has a lot of vulgar language and concepts difficult for kids to grasp. But don't let that deter you. The profanity is well placed and gives the effect it's meant to give.My advice is- DON'T wait for video!
A 10/10 True Life Drama Julia Roberts Best Performance, UNMISSABLE!
posted on 23 Jul 2009This Movie is just simply OUTSTANDING, Why. Simpley because many claim that this movie is not a brilliant tag line nor interesting, thats because it's true life Drama and i think the contrast of this is very wise. Julia Roberts SKYROCKETS her performance and EMBRACES the attitude, force, power, cleavage and a kiss ass hard gal who cares about other people so much, she presents a SHINING WOMAN.Julia plays a broke, mother of three, jobless woman who changes her life in the most unlikely circumstances. It starts out as Erin Brockovich (Roberts), having a car accident and hires a lawyer Ed Masry (Finney), she loses the case, Brockovich turns up at his office and demands a job he has no choice but to hire her.She now is working for Masry and is pending against PG&E, a gas and electric corporation who is polluting a small town. These illnesses which are threatening this town are very serious they include, Breat cysts, uterine cancer, Hodgkin's disease, immune deficiencies, asthma and nosebleeds and in some cases, even LIFE Threatening. She spends a lot of time reading and taking careful time going through this, Brockovich knows every illness and every clients number life illness and information, Erin does not mess around neither bides time she gets to the immediate point, says it out load, blunt, bold and clear, this is one reason why i love this movie so much it's so CLEVER.There are so many reasons why i love this movie, but the second reason is because any movie which has 'Thomas Newman' music performed in any movie is brilliant his music is so OBSCURE and DIFFERENT Thomas Newman has performed music for many other famous movie's which include 'Pay It Forward, The Green Mile and the modern master film 'American Beauty' with Kevin Spacey, his music was completely suitable for this work of art per say. Thomas's music is also and is most suited for Drama's because i think the contrast of the music is dramatic for dramatic movie's, maybe through Thomas's music it may make these films more outstanding think about it, all of these films are well known and they all have Thomas's music in them.When i first seen Erin Brockovich it starts out as, i was watching a documentary of Julia Roberts and it had shown clips of Erin Brockovich and it appealed to me my mum called me up and i said 'I think i will rent Erin Brockovich' and said to me 'I don't think it will be your scene' i rented it out anyway and i watched it and WOW! It was BRILLIANT i watched it over and over again every weekend i rented it out for about five weekends until i bought it and still today it is a favourite movie, and i still watch to this day. I watch Erin Brockovich in 2005, 5 years after it was made and i was surprised i hadn't seen it.I think if you want to consider watching this film, which i think you should read this and see what you think, but in my opinion you may or may not get hooked on it. You either LOVE IT OR HATE IT. Just rent it and see what you think, but i would give this movie a 10/10 rating a true life drama which is hard, touching and inspiring.
True Fairy Tale from Toxic Tort Country
posted on 11 Jul 2009Lightweight legal drama with a feel-good ending enlivened by a sparkling script and good chemistry between the leads. I say legal drama, though the courtroom scenes are brief, because it is largely an account of the real Ms Brockovich's legwork (in more than one sense) that brought about the largest toxic tort settlement to date. The victims were the unlucky inhabitants of a small Mojave desert town, Hinkley, California, many of whom were seriously affected by the release into their environment of a poisonous industrial chemical, hexavalent chromium. The villain was Pacific Gas and Electric, the power utility. Erin Brockovich, a single mother with three young children who had bullied Ed Masry, the aging accident lawyer who had just lost her road accident compensation case, into giving her a paralegal job, found a file relating to a Hinkley land purchase by P G &E, which had some unusual features, and started digging. She rounded up over 600 claimants, stacks of evidence (including the proverbial smoking gun), and achieved a remarkable reasonably prompt result - $333 million in damages from a $28 billion dollar corporation.The fictional account of this engaging story naturally goes out of its way to tug on the heartstrings so we get lots of Ms B's private life – financial worries, job-hunting blues, childcare problems and the ups and downs of her relationship with George, a sweet-natured biker. The real interest in the story is in two things. One, her remarkable people skills ranging from flashing her ample cleavage to get co-operation from a records clerk to establishing real empathy with the abused victims of P G &E, a skill few lawyers possess. (Like a lot of good lawyers she does possess an excellent memory.) The second is her relationship with Ed, the old crash and bash man, who she irritates into winning the case of his life, long after it seemed forensic glory had passed him by. Ed is not driven by lust (he's a bit old for that) but is shamed into action, and after a while he realizes that Erin has got what it takes, even though he treats her shabbily on occasion.Julia Roberts as Erin and Albert Finney as Ed are a curious combination. It was odd to cast Finney, an English actor with a strong regional accent, as a Southern Californian ambulance-chaser with maybe a middle eastern background. Julia Roberts makes the transition from romantic comedy heroine to a more character-driven role with ease and she and Finney bounce off each other very satisfactorily without Finney seeming to want to lay a hand on her, despite her provocative dress sense. Stephen Soderbergh, who dealt with kinky Southern sex in `Sex, Lies and Videotape', has made a pretty orthodox piece here, but it is well done and many of the minor characters are well filled out. Aaron Eckhart is very appealing, if a little too good to be true, as George. One of the real judges in the case repeats his role on film and Erin herself appears briefly as a waitress in a fast food outlet who has no trouble remembering complicated orders.Poor old P G & E. really get it in the neck. Although they are exposed as having attempted early on to defeat the Hinkley inhabitants' legal rights by a tactical confession of their sins, the subsequent conduct of the matter by their representatives indicates a very stupid bunch indeed – not even smart enough to be called evil (compare `Silkwood'). Unlike John Travolta in `Class Action' who had Robert Duvall as his Big Corporate nemesis, Erin and Ed lacked a worthy opponent. This rather reduces the dramatic tension, but the real-life Erin and Ed obviously know they are on to a good thing – they are now doing their best to drive up power bills even further by suing P G&E over another toxic tort elsewhere in California.
Disappointing
posted on 03 Jul 2009When I heard that a "hip" legal drama starring Julia Roberts with the director Steven Soderbergh and Albert Finney will be in it as well, I expected a much better film than this. I wouldn't call this film a "legal" drama, and I know it didn't actually attempt to be like Civil Action or a John Grisham film. But if failed as a film in my point of view.First I didn't believe in Juila Roberts' character Erin Brokovich. The script centered around her and her actions in the film were very rich-characterized, but Julia Roberts looked like she was being thrown all over the place by the script, rather than actually being the character. The chracter seemed like a stereotype ditzy-mother-of-three-self-made-determined-foul-mouthed-character. It looked as if Julia Roberts was just trying to catch up to the script, rather than running nicely along with it. Juila Roberts just played the emotions of what the character went through, but she didn't play the character well.Second, the stereotype issue came up again when the big-time-evil-corporation PG&E came up and their lawyers, and then the Viotelli(or something)who was another big time lawyer that Ed Masry had to join up with. The characters were very, very stereotyped that it was not believable that this was a true story even though it was, and it stated in the first frame of the film that the following story is all true.Now, I'll just say something nice about the film. I loved Albert Finney! As a matter of fact that was the only good thing about the film. The film had its moments with snappy lines, but they and Al couldn't hold the film all by themselves.Anyway, In the final verdict, I'd give this film two stars out of four. It had Al and snappy lines(actually there were a bunch that I liked, but anyway...) those two gave the two stars. But if you don't analyze the film into its core but just go with the flow type of movie-goer, this will be a descent choice to watch, but don't waste good money on this if you're like me or Roger Ebert or something. ** out of ****
Roberts poorly cast, but does her best with T.V. material
posted on 01 Jul 2009I must have missed something here. I saw this movie when it was called "A Civil Action." But wait, let's add a new twist, let's use somebody's t.v. movie of the week true story, alter some facts therein, and make it the next Julia Roberts movie vehicle. I don't understand movie reviews that say "Julia has done it again. She has played against type and succeeded." Wait one hot minute here. If I'm not mistaken, she really has only played Julia Roberts in every movie. Sure she squints her face, makes a goofy chuckle, walks as if she's prettier than she actually is, and sheds a tear for good measure. I've seen this in every movie she's been in. Possibly she could have won a lifetime achievement award, but at such a young age? The Oscar should stand for an individual performance, not for slack in the rope that needed to be tightened for past efforts. I think roles like Sigourney Weaver's in Aliens, for which she was nominated and lost far exceed the range of drama than in this picture. Erin seemed beaten down by her own life. But that alone is not deserving of a reward. The character seemed like a bitch to be honest. Let's see, no manners, an awful attire, a foul mouth, an ignorant mother-who leaves their kids with a biker she just met-no matter how desperate?, and money driven. There are many people in tough situations who don't have the best of resources. Maybe if the movie centered on why SHE merits such an opportunity to rise above the mess instead of manipulating those around her by promising things she cannot/will not produce, it might have been compelling. If it wasn't for the money won at the end, the movie would not have been made. And that is the saddest truth we learn from it. It is not compelling to watch someone who gets $20 million a movie console someone trying to get money because they got cancer from a corporate giant. The paradox is too evident. The film has a moment where they argue about the necessity for a trial, because it will make the bad guys admit what they did was wrong in court. But we never actually see this. Only a settlement was actually reached. This kills any moral drive the movie has. So what is the movie trying to focus on? The trial, her life, the outcome, the money. Who knows? Julia is a fine actress, I have enjoyed her since Mystic Pizza, thru Flatliners, and Pretty Woman. It's great that she does entertaining funny "date movies." But she did not deserve the Academy Award.
Comes off as Lifetime-TV-for-Women movie but very very good
posted on 01 Jul 2009Much better than I thought it would be. Julia Roberts is almost always a good bet, which is a good thing for this movie because there is not a single scene in it without her in it. You really can't help but root for her.
Everything she does is real
posted on 25 Jun 2009Julia Roberts stars as an unrelentingly tactless, thoroughly tasteless, charm-school dropout twice divorced, the mother of three who dresses like a Las Vegas whore. We love her. She is a woman who's been disappointed a time or two and generally expects the worst, and when she doesn't get it, she's surprised. She is her own worst enemy with a foul mouth and a skanky style and a chip on her shoulder. She is also very smart and incredibly strong and knows right from wrong (and that's the chip on her other shoulder). We love her.Stir in Richard Gere or Tom Cruise (no, he's too short)... How about...no, no, NO. Give her someone near her equal. How about a real actor twice her age? How about Albert Finney (whom I first saw in the delightful Tom Jones (1963))? Together they play it like Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy without the romance. Not only does it work, it's a triumph. Finney really is brilliant. His timing is exquisite as is his ability to round his character. Did you catch the shot of him with the one eye comically magnified through his glasses? For love interest give her a bandana-wearing biker whom she turns into a house husband to take care of her kids while she takes on Pacific Gas and Electric (market cap = $28-billion). For the first time in her life she is doing something important. For the first time in her life people respect her. There's something wonderful about this because even without an education people can see, and she can know, that she's their equal and maybe a bit more.Aaron Eckhart, lately seen as the sociopathic Chad in the startlingly original In the Company of Men (1997) plays the biker house husband with fidelity and a kind of sappy warmth. She neglects him and her kids for her obsession. Susannah Grant, who penned the very clever script must have gotten a good laugh with this unusual household, the poor, stay at home neglected husband, the always on the road wife. Incidentally, don't miss the scene where he first kisses her. It was so real all I could think was this guy is kissing Julia Roberts! She is so powerfully expressive that everything she does is real. That's her gift.A significant part of the success of Erin Brockovich of course is in the compelling (and substantially true) story of David versus Goliath ("and all his relatives," as Finney quips), of good versus evil, of the "little guy" versus the corporate behemoth. I won't be giving away anything by telling you that there's a happy ending. But this is also a triumph for Director Steven Soderbergh who can now add a box office success to critical acclaim.
I haven't seen any of his latest movies, (I'm looking forward to seeing Traffic), but I recall with pleasure the very interesting Sex, Lies, & Videotape from 1989. I am also looking forward to the Academy Awards presentations because I suspect the Academy is going to reward both Julia Roberts and Soderbergh by making Erin Brockovich the Best Picture of the year 2000.
Julia Roberts Best
posted on 15 Jun 2009Erin Brockovich is Julia Roberts best performance.I think Steven Soderberge directed this movie well. The writing is good. Julia Roberts won an Oscar for her performance as Erin Brockovich. The first time I saw Julia Roberts was Flatliners, then I saw her in Hook and I finally saw her in Pretty Woman. Her first film she did was Mystic Pizza. I have never seen it. I think Albert Finney did a good job. I like the cinematography. This is one of Steven Soderberge's best films. I hope Julia Roberts keeps getting better roles. She is one of the best actresses. This movie grew on me. The screenplay uses a lot of numbers. I think Julia Roberts is hot in this movie.
Great Storytelling
posted on 07 Jun 2009This film reminded me that, despite the attention usually given the stars, the real draw of a film is the director. Steven Soderbergh knows how to tell a story. This film worked well for everyone in the theater, which broke out it cheers and applause at several points in the film. For such a down-to-earth story, the audience reaction was truly amazing.Although this film is remarkably similar in theme to "A Civil Action" and very easily could have fallen victim to the fact that similar stories have been told dozens of times, Erin Brockovich shines.The entire cast was superb, and Susannah Grant's script was sharp and tight. Soderbergh always seems to bring the very best out of those he's working with. Although I don't hear a lot about him, I think he is one of the most talented directors around today. Every time I let him tell me a story, I'm very glad that I did.
Julia Roberts is so bright as Erin Brockovich
posted on 01 Jun 2009To tell the truth, I'm a number one fan of Julia Roberts, and I went to see this movie just because it was one of Julia Roberts' best movies. But when I came out of the theater, I thought this movie was one of the best in the past of Julia Roberts. She's excellent, attractive(especially with her show of legs and breasts) and very charming. I liked the movie so much that I would give 12 or 13 out of ten if I could. There is not much romance in the movie like Notting Hill or Pretty Woman, but the plot, the mother role which Julia played to a perfection makes this movie impressive for me though I'm a fan of romance movies. In any case, I strongly advise this movie to those who have not watched yet. I think the people who are not fans of Julia will be her fans after this movie.
Easily Julia's best!
posted on 22 May 2009Nothing negative springs to mind: this is easily a career best for superstar Julia Roberts who delivers a stunning performance as a trash-taking low-class sexy mother of three fighting a huge company.All the critics raved about this film and the hype is totally justified.SEE IT!
Never mess with anyone that has their back against the wall!
posted on 10 May 2009Erin Brockovich was a hell of a woman and I'm sure she still is. I can only say "Thank the Good Lord" that someone had the intelligence to have Julia ( a wonderful actor) Roberts portray such an amazing woman. All the people that gave a negative review of this movie are either blind, passionless, deaf or were attending another movie. Julia Robert's beauty may have gotten her in the door, but watch the hell out after she gets in! There is no one else that could have done a better job in that role. I hear that she made 20 million for the doing the movie, well if I were the studio powers that be, I'd have bumped her another 10! Julia is great, Finny is great and the Movie is great. Three cheers for all!!!
I love bunt cake
posted on 04 May 2009Never been a Julia Roberts fan until this movie. She looks great in this movie. She sure has won me over. Who want's coffee and a piece of bunt cake? Erin's hand goes up right now and Ed says they have to go. Erin quickly straightens him out and he says "I love bunt cake". This movie is better the second time you watch it because it does'nt drag and is fun from start to finish. Didn't care too much for George. Kind of hard to believe a biker would be such a great family man and would want to be a baby sitter. Don't think he would have volunteered if the lady would have not been a beauty queen. It's always fun to watch an intelligent women lead a man around by the the nose. Seen it many times and enjoy it every time. Fun to see David beat Goliath. It was also fun at the end to see Ed finally shut Erin's mouth. It was really neat to see the real Erin Brockovich and Ed Masry in the diner scene. As for Julia Roberts being a great actress, in the scene where Pete Jensen is throwing rocks at P G&E in the middle of the night we then focus on Erin in the house with Donna. Donna sobbing asks Erin to go get them. Erin is looking at Donna and couldn't say a word lest she would start weeping. The look on Erin's face and the nod she gives Donna speaks volumes without saying a word. As Tony The TIger would say "greeeeeeeeeat"! She is the greatest right behind Sandra Bullock.
Finely measured acting
posted on 16 Apr 2009Absorbing, factually based drama following a single mother who finds her raison d'etre after she gets a job as a secretary in a small firm of lawyers. Erin Brockovich becomes the key figure in a landmark legal battle when she embraces the role of advocate on behalf of residents whose health has been compromised by the presence of toxins in their water supply.Finely measured acting from Roberts and Finney really make this film a satisfying experience; their interaction provides a pleasing focus to the otherwise predictable plot development. Dialogue is sharp, and Roberts' character at least is given some depth.An epilogue resolving Brockovich's family situation was conspicuously absent, especially given that a fair portion of the running time was devoted to this sub-plot.
All around good movie by Roberts.
posted on 10 Apr 2009When I saw the preview for this movie to be honest it looked stupid. When my girlfriend wanted to go see the sneak preview I thought it was worth watching for the movie it was showing with.To my surprise I enjoyed this movie very much, and especially with the surprise of not knowing what the ending would be. This movie was all Julia Roberts and she carried this movie from beginning till the end. I was hoping to know a little more about her and her family and her new biker boyfriend. If there were no children and she was a hooker off the street that wanted to get a real job then this would have the same plot. Then they could have her getting back in touch with her family that she ran away from and it would be just as interesting. This apparently was a true story so they had to stick to a basic plot. I'm sure the real Erin B. had more problems being respected and given the access to records and in the courtroom, but this was not shown. I am sure that would not make a good movie. I am also sure she was given more grief by her outfits, but that would not make a good movie if we can't see Julia in a push up bra for the whole movie. I enjoyed that acting and the non-traditional filming methods which made us feel more involved in the movie. I would be interested in knowing if the real Erin wrote a book on her rise to glory and I would be interested in comparing that to the movie. I hope this review doesn't stop anyone from seeing this movie. Please go and see it today... I was in a sold out theater of about 300
Amazing performance from Roberts
posted on 24 Aug 2009Since I enjoyed Pretty Woman so much, I decided to see another Julia Roberts movie that was recognized by the Oscars (except she actually won Best Actress for this one!). This film is based on a true story about an unemployed woman who becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. The plot itself and the story line is nothing compared to Julia Robert's performance in this movie, she OWNED this role. Sure I enjoyed the story somewhat but without an amazing performance from Julia I doubt I would've enjoyed this half as much. Her character is feisty and has some truly funny and memorable lines that will just make you laugh out loud. So basically I enjoyed this movie for her portrayal of Brockovich alone, the rest of the elements of the movie are okay and somewhat entertaining, but nothing too spectacular. This is worth seeing just for Julia Robert's performance alone, check it out! (or see Pretty Woman, which is better in my opinion )