Review of Erin Brockovich (2000) by Adrian B — 01 Mar 2013

Looks like Oscar screwed it up again! Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) is a thoroughly unpleasant divorcee with two kids who gets into a car accident and loses a case, along with her representing lawyer Ed (Albert Finney).

She is now broke and is looking for work, and ends working for the firm that represented her and Ed is her new boss. Erin then gets her hand on a waterworks file in which 100's, possibly thousands of people, were poisoned by a well (probably aquifer, but that word is too big for the script writers).

This is film crap! Roberts' breasts are what netted her the Oscar and to understand how people could find her attractive (apparently her character won a beauty contest!) is a mystery that could net another movie in itself.

She's is not attractive! Roberts is miscast in the role and is too crude to be accepted, using any type of word she wants too in front of anyone. She has no restraint in a professional setting and single-handedly ruins the entire movie.

There is nothing interesting about her acting capabilities in this film, including that ugly, cocky smirk she consistently possesses, and from what I have heard any other film that she is in for that matter.

The Academy Awards without question has given Best Actress to a lot of wrong recipients, but Roberts may be the candidate for the worst one. This film sucked!