Ok I guess

Rating: 6/10 (22 April 2000)

Based on a true story, Erin Brokovich is a single young mother who is trying to find a job and raise her 3 kids. After getting in a car accident and loosing in court, she litteraly FORCES her lawyer (Albert Finney) to hire her at her firm to do some clerical work. Erin discovers some old case about some former client wanting to get more money for her house that the nearby watertreatment wants to buy. In probing deeper she discovers, more than meets the eye and that it appears the company was responsible for contaminating groundwater thus poisioning everyone in the community. So it turns out Erin with no legal experience and working in a VERY small firm, sets out for a courtroom battle david VS goliath story.

Hollywood loves these movies. It seems this role was perfectly tailored for Roberts. Finney is good a her boss too. The movie is somewhat interesting but I didn't feel the need to route for the good guy, or get seriously pumped or motivated by the film. I didn't find it that humourous either considering that Erin is portrayed as someone with a very short fuse and acid-tongue. The only scene I got a good laugh out of was when the legal team from the chemical corporation was coming in to the small private firm. In some quick thinking to show that the small firm wasn't going to be bullyed, they get half of the clerical staff to dress up like lawyers and walk in the meeting room as a combined show of force. The movie was at least entertaining and OK
Rating 6 out of 10.