Good Roberts performance in important film

Rating: 8/10 (10 April 2000)

Julia Roberts delivers a terrific performance in Erin Brockovich, a film based on the true story of the title character, a down-on-her-luck single mom who, as a legal researcher, found documents which led to the largest legal settlement in history.
Brockovich, with her plunging necklines, her determined quest to become something more of herself, and her cursing at everyone, is quite a character, and Roberts is probably the only actress that could take this salty woman and make her so likable. Albert Finney as Ed Masry, her disheveled boss, and Aaron Eckhart, as the biker next door who slowly becomes Erin's boyfriend, all do good work here.
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