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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

28 Days is a cutesy, heavy-handed morality tale that contains nary a believable moment.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Mark Caro

Chicago Tribune

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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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It's going to take more than 28 Days to jump-start Sandra Bullock's stalled career.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Jay Carr

Boston Globe

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Eminently likable Sandra Bullock has lately shown a bizarre knack for choosing hard-to-like movies. 28 Days continues her unenviable streak .

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Detroit News

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Susan Stark

Detroit News

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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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Lifeless, soulless movie about a subject that isn't shown the respect and reverence it deserves. Bullock, who would go on to make more dramatic films with awful scripts, is the shining light in the midst of the darkness, as per usual. Though her performance varies between the girl next door personality she achieves so

July 29, 2010

Spencer S.

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The Life of the Party... before she got a life.Good film! Sandra Bullock did an amazing job at one of her earlier films as an actress. 28 Days" is one of the most accurate movies about alcoholism and drug addiction I can remember. The film does not glamorize or poke fun at its thematic content, but instead shimmers in

July 5, 2009