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28 Days (2000)

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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 83
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 57

Even though 28 Days is tackling a difficult subject, it comes off light and superficial, and maybe even a little preachy.

Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 23
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 14

Even though 28 Days is tackling a difficult subject, it comes off light and superficial, and maybe even a little preachy.

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In this romantic comedy, a journalist who's become too much the life of the party finds a new lease on life in a drug and alcohol treatment center. New York newspaper columnist Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) has a fondness for liquor, a boyfriend (Dominic West) with a similar taste for the bottle, and a party girl image that camouflages plenty of emotional baggage. At the wedding of her sister (Elizabeth Perkins), Gwen's pursuit of a good time goes a bit too far when she topples the wedding cake

PG-13, 1 hr. 43 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Betty Thomas

Written By: Susannah Grant

In Theaters: Feb 8, 2000 Wide

On DVD: Jul 5, 2005

Columbia Pictures

Bullock brings a kind of ground-level vulnerability to 28 Days that doesn't make her into a victim but simply into one more suitable case for treatment.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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Thomas's fleet-footed approach suggests the anxious embarrassment of a director in an awful hurry to get it over with.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Dennis Lim

Village Voice

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28 Days is a reminder of why Bullock became a movie star in the first place

January 1, 2000 Comment

Robert Horton

Film.com

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28 Days possesses all the depth and insight of a made-for-TV movie.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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Strong rehab story for mature high schoolers.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Ellen MacKay

Common Sense Media

28 Days contains Sandra Bullock's best performance...it's just too bad the film itself isn't up there with her.

August 1, 2003 Comment

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

An off-kilter collection of shallowly observational postcards from the edge... [that's] more a laundry list of emotional checkpoints than a sustained, compelling narrative.

August 30, 2002 Full Review Source: Entertainment Today

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Brent Simon

Entertainment Today

An underrated actress, Bullock capably fulfills the demands of her role as a pill-popping drunk. But the story never allows Bullock to escape the comfort zone of a romantic comedy.

June 15, 2002 Full Review | Comment

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

An out-of-control young woman who is in denial is forced to finally confront her multiple addictions.

March 13, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

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one whole star (and a half!) just cause i love ms. bullock. the rest of this trip to rehab is like a trip to rehab ... blech.

July 18, 2007

moon rivers

Super Reviewer

A good comedy drama as a New York journalist has to go to rehab for 28 days to cure her addiction to alcohol. It has some good actors and has some funny moments. Overall more drama than comedy but still a good film on the whole

January 6, 2007