Glorified hack work.

Rating: 5/10 (14 April 2000)

If you were to believe the critics that raved about this movie, you'd think it's a masterpiece. When in fact, only about the first half hour of it is worth seeing. Julia Roberts delivers a fine performance at the beginning and then proceeds to become more insufferable and self-righteous as the movie progresses. How many times can the camera cut to a close up of her listening raptly and reacting almost tearfully every time someone else shows up with cancer? It's repetitive, boring and needless and it makes you hate her guts instead of liking her. Aaron Eckhart, the darling, is stuck once more in a thankless role but we should be grateful to Mr. Soderbergh for casting him. A good actor and adorable to the bone. Everything else is totally fake in this film. And the critics who must be tired of seeing so much s**t, think this is better than average Hollywood crap. It isn't. The Limey was much better than average Hollywood crap. Erin Brockovich is Hollywood dreck.