Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich

She brought a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees.

Sinopse

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.

  • 7.4
  • 2000
  • Released
  • 2h 11m
Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$52,000,000.00

Revenue

$256,271,286.00

Keywords
  • #biography
  • #based on true story
  • #single mother
  • #water pollution
  • #environmental law
  • #legal drama
  • #corporate negligence

Reviews

Geronimo1967
@Geronimo1967almost 2 years ago

Julia Roberts is at her best here as the eponymously feisty woman who is struggling to keep her three kids fed and watered whilst holding down a decent job. An accident sends her the way of attorney Ed Masry (Albert Finney) who makes some damages promises that don't prove forthcoming - so she decides that she is going to work for him - whether he likes it or not! Admin ensues and during some routi

SoSmooth1982
@SoSmooth1982over 2 years ago

Not that bad of a movie. Honestly there's all kind of plants around the world that pollute a lot of different things that are harmful to us. I wish they would have had trial in this movie and make them sweat. Would have been nice to see.

r96sk
@r96skabout 5 years ago

Very good film. Julia Roberts is terrific. It may go on for 10-15 minutes too long, but even so <em>'Erin Brockovich'</em> is a fascinating biographical film. The dialogue is pretty sharp, there are a few good lines in there for Roberts. She herself is terrific here, I enjoyed her whole performance. Away from Roberts, you have Albert Finney and Aaron Eckhart involved, as well as a few minor

John Chard
@John Chardover 10 years ago

For the first time in my life, I got people respecting me. Please, don't ask me to give it up. The film is based on a real case and is about real people so to that ends it is obviously simple in structure, and nagging away as you watch it is the fact that the ending is never in doubt, it "is" all too predictable. However, what made Erin Brockovich the success it was is that the title character

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