liked the movie, didn't like the person

Rating: 8/10 (25 April 2006)

I thought the movie was very good. I also admired the work and dedication of the real-life Erin Brockovich. What I didn't like was the scene where the other attorneys are asking about information that should be in the files. The female attorney says to Erin, "That's okay, you probably just didn't know what questions to ask." Erin proceeds to shred her by revealing that Erin has all of the correct information...in her head. Instead of writing the information in the files, which is what 999,999,999 people out of 1,000,000,000 would do, Ms Erin Brockovich MEMORIZES the information. I guess this is supposed to show how dedicated Erin is to her clients and how much smarter she is than snooty people who went to college. I guess we, the little people, were supposed to be cheering during this scene. When the lady attorney tries to apologize, "Look, maybe we got off on the wrong foot...", Erin cuts her off with "That's all you got, lady. Two wrong feet and f***ing ugly shoes." At that point, I stopped liking Erin Brockovich, the person. That attorney didn't deserve that. Her boss called her out for her behavior but I never got the sense that she learned to care about anyone else's feelings. She seemed to simply shrug it off when her boyfriend moved out later in the movie.