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28 Days
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Steve Buscemi |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Columbia
Pictures
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| Kiddie Movie: |
It's a good movie for the both of you.
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| Date Movie: |
Most of the humor is adult oriented. Leave
them at home.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nothing gratuitous.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Not really violence, but a pretty depressing
scene is in there.
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| Action: |
Nah.
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| Laughs: |
Some chuckles and cute spots.
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| Memorable
Scene: |
I'd tell you, but it would spoil it.
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| Memorable
Quote: |
Too many to write down.
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| Directed By: |
Betty Thomas
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| Produced By: |
Jenno Topping
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28 Days
A Movie Review |
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Can you make a movie about an alcoholic that can treat
the subject with a little bit of laughter, with a little bit
of seriousness, and get a point across without being
preachy? Yes, and the answer is the movie "28 Days."
"28 Days" stars Sandra Bullock as Gwen. She’s a tad
out of control, a happy-go-lucky drunk who mostly has been
just lucky. Always partying, waking up wondering how she got
there and then cracking open a beer, she’s a party girl
with a party lifestyle. She’s out of control and she
doesn’t know it. But it’s the morning of her
sister’s wedding, she’s running late, grabs her
boyfriend and a couple of drinks and ruins her sister’s
big day. Wouldn’t that be enough? Nope. Let’s add
being drunk, stealing a limo to go buy a new wedding cake,
and crashing said limo into someone’s living room.
That’s enough to land you in jail or rehab and Gwen
opts for rehab. She hasn’t hit rock-bottom yet, that
comes a few days into rehab, but eventually she sees the
world around her and realizes it’s hers to fix, with a
little help from her new friends.
I won’t go into the days at rehab because I think
most of that is better found out in the movie-going
experience, but the movie does give a comical edge to rehab
to keep the movie light, while still throwing in some total
seriousness to have you connect a little more with the
problems the patients are all facing. And Sandra Bullock
with the rest of the cast do this well.
This review is a short one other that to say that "28
Days" is a great movie. I loved Sandra Bullock’s
portrayal as Gwen and her transition from party-girl to
taking responsibility for what she does. It took a subject
that is tough to talk about without either sounding preachy
or condescending, or totally making a joke out of it or
being so depressing you just want a drink, and made a nice
movie that both entertains and tells a story. In the end
it’s 4 stars out of 5. I really liked the movie and
Sandra is quickly becoming one of my favoritist actresses.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the
Right!! L8R!!! |
