this is a GOOD movie.

Rating: 9/10 (10 May 2004)

I saw this in the theater and loved it. I really enjoyed Erin Brokovich and it Maybe my favorite Julia Roberts movie. It is empowering, well acted, touching and given the real Erin was in it, one gets the feeling it was accurate as well. I found this movie to be both wholly absorbing from the start, and incredibly disturbing.
I walked away as well, with a deep sense of admiration and respect for Erin Brokavich and was happy Julia Roberts ultimately won an academy award for her portrayal of Erin-and that's a big thing because I'm not even a major Julia Roberts fan! But she was wonderful, sassy and strong minded and very good in the role. I expected to like this movie but am not sure I expected to like it this much.
This reminded me a bit of the much earlier "Silkwood". I would completely recommend this movie to one who hasn't seen it yet, it gets a 9 out of 10 from me and was well done on many different levels. This is a movie that deserved the hype it got.