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28 Days (2000)
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Reviews Counted: 80
Fresh: 24
Rotten:56
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 to bar to hangover with boyfriend Jasper...
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
DVD Info
Release:
Sep 19, 2000
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
- Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - 1. Betty Thomas - Director, Jenno Topping - Producer, Peter Teschner - Editor, Richard Gibbs - Composer
- Featurette
- Bonus Shorts - 1. "Santa Cruz" Soap Opera - Lost Episodes
- 2. Three Character Testimonials
- 3. Guitar Guy's Lost Songs
- 4. "How to Make a Gum Wrapper Chain"
- Isolated Audio Track - 1. Music Score
- Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
- 2. Bonus Trailer - BIG DADDY
Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Biographies - 1. Betty Thomas - Director
- 2. Sandra Bullock - Star
- 3. Viggo Mortensen - Star
- 4. Steve Buscemi - Star
- 5. Elizabeth Perkins - Star
- 6. Diane Ladd - Star
- Production Notes
Reviews for 28 Days
28 Days contains Sandra Bullock's best performance...it's just too bad the film itself isn't up there with her.
An off-kilter collection of shallowly observational postcards from the edge… [that's] more a laundry list of emotional checkpoints than a sustained, compelling narrative.
An underrated actress, Bullock capably fulfills the demands of her role as a pill-popping drunk. But the story never allows Bullock to escape the comfort zone of a romantic comedy.
An out-of-control young woman who is in denial is forced to finally confront her multiple addictions.
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