Erin Brockovich
Based on a true story, this drama about a strong-willed, independent woman named Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) who sticks it to a huge corporation at first comes off as a great story of the human spirit and an uphill battle for justice.
Upon closer inspection it's a little disjointed since the story tries to balance Erin's dysfunctional home life with her courageous fight against a power company who poisoned a small town's water supply and lied about it.
The investigative work Erin and lawyer Ed Marsly (Albert Finney) must perform in order to win the case and the emotional ties they must make with each of their 600+ clients is strong, interesting and suspenseful. But Erin's home life and her sort of relationship with her young children and biker-who's-actually-a-big-teddy bear-boyfriend George (Aaron Eckhart) is a tad weak and doesn't work as well as it should have. Still, a good, entertaining story.
GRADE: B
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