Erin Brockovich (2000)

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Roberts shines.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Bob Longino

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Top Critic

An exhilarating tale.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Todd McCarthy

Variety

Top Critic

There's really no reason this kind of conventional David-and-Goliath tale (based on a true story) should make for such a compelling motion picture, but Soderbergh and Grant smartly mix plenty of humor and unflagging inspiration into the drama.

June 14, 2012 Full Review

Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

smartly directed, with Soderbergh perfecting his style but not overdoing it

June 8, 2012 Full Review

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

establishes Roberts as a modern Kate Hepburn-one with inner strength and charm and sincerity

May 31, 2012 Full Review

John A. Nesbit

Old School Reviews

Julia Roberts winner. R mostly for language.

December 24, 2010 Full Review

Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Julia Roberts has never been more fragile or stunning. And by oncerning itself with truthful consequences of its characters' self-sacrifices, the film succeeds as a drama as much about the passion of personal investment as the pursuit of justice.

September 24, 2010 Full Review

Nick Rogers

Suite101.com

In this Oscar-winning fairytale, combining traits of Norma Rae and Karen Silkwood, Julia Roberts is at her most winning and sexiest as the lone-figher against the system; that it's inspired by an actual case makes it more fun to watch.

February 21, 2008 Full Review

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

An example of Hollywood entertainment done with finesse and compassion, the way it always should be but so often isn't.

July 30, 2007 Full Review

Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

It would have seemed impossible to me that a writer could take such a worn-out premise and make it enthralling, but this guy has done it.

January 15, 2005

Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

It's hard to imagine another actress pulling this off without appearing sleazy.

August 1, 2003 Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

With director Steven Soderbergh at the helm and Julia Roberts in the title role, the movie breezes by enjoyably without so much as a grandstanding speech or an awkward moment.

June 5, 2003 Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

• 1. Theresa Dallavale: Annabelle Daniels.
  2. Erin Brockovich: 714-454-9346. 10 years old, 11 in May. Lived on the plume since birth. Wanted to be a synchronized swimmer so she spent every minute she could in the PG&E pool. She had a tumor in her brain stem detected last November, an operation on Thanksgiving, shrunk it with radiation after that. Her parents are Ted & Rita. Ted's got Crohn's disease, Rita has chronic headaches, and nausea, and underwent a hysterectomy last fall. Ted grew up in Hinkley. His brother Robbie, and his wife May and their five children: Robbie Jr, Martha, Ed, Rose & Peter *also* lived on the plume. Their number is 454-9554. You want their diseases?
  3. Theresa Dallavale: Okay, look, I think we got off on the wrong foot here.
  4. Erin Brockovich: That's all you got, lady. Two wrong feet in fucking ugly shoes.
  – Submitted by Rawballs B (10 days ago)
• 1. Erin Brockovich: How could you take this away from me?
  2. Ed Masry: No one's taking anything, will you let me--
  3. Erin Brockovich: Bullshit! You stuck me in Siberia dictating to some goddamn steno clerk so you could finish this thing without me!
  – Submitted by Rawballs B (27 days ago)
• 1. Theresa Dallavale: Erin, you don't even have phone numbers for some of them.
  2. Erin Brockovich: Whose number do you need?
  3. Theresa Dallavale: Everyone's. This is a lawsuit Erin. We need to be able to contact the plaintiffs.
  4. Erin Brockovich: I said, whose number do you need?
  – Submitted by Rawballs B (32 days ago)
• 1. Erin Brockovich: Bite my ass, Krispy Kreme!
  – Submitted by Rawballs B (8 months ago)
• 1. Erin Brockovich: [Erin tries to use her cell phone but has no reception] Oh, you fucking piece of CRAP with no signal!
  – Submitted by Rawballs B (11 months ago)
• 1. George: How many numbers you got?
  2. Erin Brockovich: Oh, I got numbers comin' outta my ears. For instance: ten.
  3. George: Ten?
  4. Erin Brockovich: Yeah. That's how many months old my baby girl is.
  5. George: You got a little girl?
  6. Erin Brockovich: Yeah. Yeah, sexy, huh? How 'bout this for a number? Six. That's how old my other daughter is, eight is the age of my son, two is how many times I've been married - and divorced; sixteen is the number of dollars I have in my bank account. 850-3943. That's my phone number, and with all the numbers I gave you, I'm guessing zero is the number of times you're gonna call it.
  – Submitted by Maria Y (12 months ago)

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