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Erin Brockovich (2000)
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"I will take the slightly naughty energy of the climactic song “Rock Me Sexy Jesus” from the new film “Hamlet 2” over the shrill teen warblings of any “High School Musical” in a heartbeat. It's not the blasphemous blast some might expect from such a title, but it dances the line just enough to keep you riveted as to where it may go next. This is predominantly due to the exasperated efforts of the film's lead Steve Coogan, who throws his every last spastic muscle into his role of clueless high school drama teacher Dana Marschz. Coogan, who has yet to break big on this continent, is adored by many in his British home where his vain, tempestuous television character Alan Partridge could have easily passed for a sibling to Ricky Gervais' immortal David Brent in the original “The Office.”
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"As a movie, Erin Brockovitch is not at all interesting, but it is fascinating to note the reception to it. I can think of few other films that were as popular as this in its time, both among critics and audiences, that have now plunged with both. Why was this completely generic movie so popular? I think it mostly had to do with the odd turn of the century personality cult of Julia Roberts, who was at the time at the apex of her popularity. Roberts is not a bad actress, and I've never seen a her give a poor performance, but she's not particularly versatile either, playing variations on the same character in each movie, which also happens to be her persona to the public (whether that sweet, down-to-earth image she projects is accurate I have no way of knowing). And for some reason, that character meant a lot to a lot of people. The cover of Time magazine in 2001 proclaimed her "America's best movie star", whatever that means, and I can fondly remember a conversation I had with my hig ... "
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"Erin Brockovich (2000) tells a compelling story and features some strong—and relatively weak—acting. As an “unskilled” single mother with three kids, Erin gets a job at a law firm and begins investigating a pro bono case about a utilities company poisoning citizens with hexavalent chromium. As Erin, Julia Roberts does a fabulous acting job. I don’t usually comment on acting, for it is one of the aspects of movie making that I know little about. But as a viewer, I’ve seen hundreds of plays and watched hundreds of movies, and have a sense when an actor “inhabits” a role. Roberts and the screenplay bring out the complexity of Ms Brockovich—crusading, looking out for number one, sexually confident, sexually manipulative, hardworking, bull-headed, personable, obnoxious—quite a character. Unfortunately—and maybe by comparison—some of the other actors have weak moments. Marg Helgenberger, now famous from CSI, initiall ... "
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