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Sandra Bullock goes off the wagon in this mixed up high camp romp through the scarier suburbs of Serenityville. It's entertaining, it's weepy, it's funny, but mostly it's very, very confused, unsure whether it's supposed to be played for laughs or as a straight drama. The outright comedy trivialises the hellish experience of rehab, and while it would have been kinder to laugh with the characters that appear, you end up feeling you're laughing at them. Problem is - the things that are happening to them aren't actually all that funny. Bullock is cute and has her trademark grace and charm, but somehow she seems like a caricature of herself, lacking the grittiness and edge of a real alcoholic. Her dark is always sugar frosted and brightly lit, and never the pitch black of a real suicidal drinker. Alan Tudyk is outstanding as Gerhardt the gay German, and gets some of the best lines. Steve Buscemi has just the right air of seen-it-all-before detachment as the counsellor, and Dominic West plays the seductive rogue boyfriend with real style and conviction. The rest of the cast does a good job of holding things together, including a quirky and effective cameo from Loudon Wainwright III. But while the writing and directing remain strong, they're also oddly unfocussed, and this pulls the movie down. Extreme heart warming moments follow on from extreme self-abusive nastiness, follow on from extreme camp humour. You're left spinning your wheels, unsure which direction the movie is going. Ironically, the best part of the DVD release is the cameo appearance by the soap opera Santa Cruz. In the film itself the soap plays a bit part, when it should have been given a starring role all of its own. The DVD has a full sequence of Santa Cruz, and it's side splitting - easily the funniest part of the whole package. Overall then, this is not one of Bullock's best movies. Worth watching on DVD just for Santa Cruz, and for some of the funny set pieces. But otherwise the film limps awkwardly between comedy and drama. Trying so hard to both well means it doesn't really manage to do either.

I just saw a screening of 28 Days starring Sandra Bullock and enjoyed it much more than I anticipated. The film opens with a grainy and quick exposition of Gwen (Sandra Bullock) partying up with her friends, drinking and drugging to excesses. In a matter of a minute or two, you get a rough idea of this party girl's lifestyle with her boyfriend Jasper (Dominic West). When she awakens in a drunked stupor and realizes she is late for her sister's wedding, she grabs Jasper and a beer and heads off. At the wedding reception, her sister (Elizabeth Perkins) is very embarrassed at Gwen's galavanting which ends in a drunk driving scene that literally shrunk my nuts back into my abdomen. All this, mind you, takes place in a matter of 5 minutes screen time. The movie then moves to a "Girl, Interrupted"-like rehab center where Gwen must learn to cope with all the other patients and an odd assortment of staff led by an addict-turned-counselor (Steve Buscemi in a wasted role). Out of all the patients Gerhardt (newcomer Alan Tudyk) stands out as a German gay man with the best line in the film. When strapped in a climbing harness, he proclaims "look at my package!" Mike O'Malley, Diane Ladd, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Reni Santoni, and Azura Skye round out the other patients. At times, the movie seems to be a straight out comedy with laugh out loud scenes, but saunters for the majority as a serious film about the dangers of alcohol/drug abuse. The cast is perfect and well rounded with newcomers and seasoned veterans. Viggo Mortensen is in a wasted role as a addict baseball pitcher addicted to soap operas. His place as a love interest for Sandra Bullock is addressed but never used. Betty Thomas directs without the panache shown in her past films like "Dr. Dolittle" and "Private Parts," using techniques like vasoline on the camera lens to direct the viewer to the already centered character. In places, the film seems like she just let the camera operator do whatever the hell they wanted. Sandra Bullock delivers probably the best performance of her career to date. She lights the screen up, even when she is flashing back to her drunken mother near death. Susannah Grant, who also wrote the recently released serio-comic "Erin Brockovich" has written a wonderful movie full of laughs and tears, but falters with a stupid subplot about a soap opera called "Santa Cruz" which takes up several scenes in the film with it's "Naked Gun"-esque spoof of real daytime dramas. All in all, the film deserves good business at the box office. The storyline is very important and treated with respect by all those involved. The film runs almost two hours, but still does not seem quite developed enough in some places. A second or two after the credits start, a scene with a character from the soap opera seems stuck in at the last second for no apparent reason (Note: the character in the aforementioned scene is wearing the exact same outfit as Sandra Bullock's character. A little attempt at serious filmmaking or costume designer mistake?). Even as a guy going into this movie expecting a chick flick, I was surprised at how entertaining it was. I recommend.

There comes a time in the career of every performer identified mainly with lightweight romantic comedy roles to take the plunge into more serious acting challenges – in the hopes that we will see beyond his or her pretty face and into the heart of the great actor that resides within. And strangely enough, many of these actors and actresses choose the same exact route to accomplish this feat – that of portraying a person heavily addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. This was the case with, for instance, Meg Ryan in `When a Man Loves a Woman' and Michael J. Fox in `Bright Lights, Big City' to name just a few. Now we have Sandra Bullock attempting to stretch her thespian muscles by portraying an alcoholic in `28 Days,' the tale of a young woman's experiences in a detox center located in a bucolic suburb of New York City. One of the initial problems with such films is that casting such well-known faces in these parts automatically ends up conferring a bit too much glamour on the situation. And `28 Days' is no exception. It's hard to accept Bullock as a particularly credible person in this role. Still, the movie is generally watchable because it manages to make the people and the rituals at the center seem both utterly addled and emotionally endearing all at the same time. When Bullock – feisty, close-minded, smug in her sense of superiority - first arrives after being ordered to the center as a part of her probation, we are as appalled as she is by the touch-feely nature of what is going on there. If anything could keep one from becoming an addict, the threat of being sent to a place like this would just about do it. But then, as the various characters begin to open up and reveal themselves as true hurting individuals, we, like the Bullock character, begin to be won over. But even these people aren't given enough screen time to really grow into fully-rounded, complex characters in their own right. The film never entirely breaks out of its TV-movie formula. We are treated to all the standard plot devices common to the genre: the inevitable overdose by one of the patients, romantic interludes with a professional baseball player, the clashes between the latter and Bullock's troublemaking boyfriend. One of the problems with glossy studies of addiction such as this one is that, more often than not, we are led to believe that the `cure' is a permanent one – not necessarily because the film shows us that (in fact, it makes a few nods in the direction of showing that it ISN'T always permanent) but because the two-hour time frame and the audience demand for a hopeful, upbeat ending inadvertently leave us with that impression. To be fair to the film, it doesn't tie up all the loose ends into a nice pretty package. We are given cause for hope, but the open-ended nature of the final scenes suggests properly that the struggle will go on. `28 Days' is a film with its heart in the right place. In fact our own hearts go out to it, to Ms. Bullock, to all those involved in its making. We realize that it is difficult to make a film that, on the one hand, yearns to be an uncompromising study of a subject as gritty as this one, yet, on the other, feels the need to appeal to as wide a mass audience as possible. The result, unfortunately, is a film that is too lightweight to be taken seriously, too `entertaining' to be real.

28 DAYS (2000) **1/2 Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Diane Ladd, Elizabeth Perkins, Steve Buscemi, Alan Tudyk, Michael o' Malley, Azura Skye, Reni Santoini, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Margo Martindale, Loudan Wainwright III. (Dir: Betty Thomas) Addiction is not funny nor is the suffering it inflicts upon the addict and their friends and family but then again all `taboo' subjects have been scrutinized in these politically correct times we live in and here Sandra Bullock, The Girl Next Door that her adoring public has embraced as America's Sweetheart, wades in hip deep into a difficult balancing act as alcoholic/drug abuser Gwen Cummings, in this comedy-drama with more hits than misses - the working title could have been `Party Girl, Interrupted.' Gwen is a free-spirited New York City based writer who enjoys living it up with her equally party hearty beau Jasper (West) by drinking and binging into the wee hours even if it means nearly missing her older sister Lily's (Perkins) wedding the next day as they stumble to the proceedings nursing a severe hangover quickly remedied by more imbibing at the reception resulting in Gwen losing her balance on the dance floor upsetting the many tiered wedding cake. Undeterred by her scene-causing out-of-control ramifications, Gwen staggers to the newlyweds' limo and careens along a suburban area looking for a `cake shop' to replace the damaged goods only to have her smash the car into a nearby house. Flash forward to her being sentenced to Serenity Glen, a rehabilitation clinic, the type that offers New Age-y touchie-feely bonding and chanting (`Together! Together! NOOOO Drugs!') and a no-nonsense counselor named Cornell (Buscemi in a nicely handled understated turn) who sees right through Gwen's anger and stubbornness as she attempts to disassociate herself from her chores, group therapy and sneaking pills in via Jasper. After a mishap involving Gwen falling from her window (after a weak attempt to rid herself from the pills), she limpingly begs Cornell for a chance to redeem herself. Her sarcasm slowly drifts away as she comes to grips with her co-dependency on booze and pharmaceuticals thanks largely to her depressed teenage roomie Andrea (Skye) and new patient, Eddie Boone (Mortensen), a baseball pitcher overcoming many addictions including casual sex. The film works solely on the fresh-scrubbed sexy appeal of Bullock in her range from comic drunkeness (a la `Arthur') to her scary withdrawl and gumption to change her life for the better. The humor comes thankfully to her fellow in-house patients including a gay German dancer (Tudyk who comes across as Andy Dick in `Sprockets') and the parody of a soap opera (`Santa Cruz') that the entire group becomes.well addicted to. It's hard to believe that the subject of a chemically dependent person could be funny, but that isn't the point. The point is that it doesn't make light of the situation at all (including the all-too-forseeable overdose of one of the characters to underscore just how serious it is), but it succeeds on the `patients-running-the-asylum' scenario - sort of a cross-blend of `One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', `Clean and Sober' and `M*A*S*H' with its hysterically, deadpanned homage of loudspeaker announcements. Director Betty Thomas (`The Brady Bunch Movie', `Private Parts') serves her story by Susannah Grant (`Erin Brockovich') as best she can with interesting camera angles to distort the hyperreality of someone under the influence and able support including stand-up comic O'Malley (late of his short-lived eponymous sitcom) who harbors a not-so-secret crush on Bullock. Bullock does herself a service by starring in a tricky scenario by utilizing her natural acting style and stretching her chops both dramatically and comically.

Gwen Cummings is a party girl who drinks a lot and enjoys her life. When she turns up drunk at her sisters wedding, falls into the cake and then steals a limo before crashing it into a house she is taken to court for DWI. In court she is offered 28 days in rehab or jail time, she opts for rehab and checks in even though she feels she doesn't have a problem. Despite initially treating the others as freaks and mocking the clinic she receives a wakeup call when she drinks and faces jail. Offered a second chance she becomes broken over time. My wife bought this film because she like Sandra Bullock. I thought I'd watch it with her, unsure what it was about (at first I was quite surprised that she'd bought it as I thought she meant 28 Days Later!). So we settled down. At first I assumed it was a comedy as it was directed with a light, almost care free touch and the atmosphere was one of party and comedy drunkenness rather than Bullock sitting my herself in a council flat weeping and laughing! And so it continued, and this is the film's flaw - it makes rehab out to be difficult, but ultimately a good laugh if you can get past these little issues. The odd time it does have some strong moments (the daughter confronting her mother over what drugs do to her is one) but mostly these are twee moments that sit uneasily between light, amusing scenes where Gwen bonds with her fellow rehabees. While the comedy is OK it is never really laugh out loud funny. It keeps an amusing air to the film which is enough to sustain it but this damages it too. With such a serious issue why did the film need to water it down? The serious issues are acknowledged but they are not properly or respectfully followed through, the question needs to be asked why the film couldn't have still had the comedy but gone for a more respectful approach to the issues (One Flew Over kept going through my mind - moving AND funny). The characters in the film are interesting but pretty poorly drawn. On the addict side we have characters whom little is known about apart from their addiction. Even with Gwen, all we really see of her is a party girl who breaks but is still sassy. Yes we learn some stuff about her Mum but nothing that helped me feel for her character. Respect is due for Bullock trying to do something different from her usual stuff but she didn't wash with me as an addict - even when her hands are shaking and she is going nuts, she still looks good and didn't convince. Buscemi is more believable as he has the look of a man who has been there done that etc. Sadly he is limited in screentime. I found his presence ironic as his smaller budget look at a person who is ruined by drink was much better (Trees Lounge). Mortensen is OK but plays it all quiet and serious but does it The support cast are a mix - mostly they are just comedy characters who only show signs of being broken addicts when they are asked to do the "emotional scenes" and just mess around normally. Jean-Baptiste is a good actress but only has one scene to show it, plus her American accent is only OK, but her talent is wasted. As a slight fan of his, I did find Loudon Wainwright III's cameo to be of interest if little value. Overall this film will likely satisfy neither camp but is average enough in both to be passable. The comedy is not funny or clever enough to save the film, but it is enough to take away from the serious side and make that element feel devalued. It barely works as a comedy and doesn't really work as a film dealing with bigger issues. It is watchable and instantly forgettable but you can't help but feel this could have been much better.

Sandra Bullock takes on a more serious role than usual in this light comedy drama set in rehab. Bullock's performance is OK, and the movie is reasonably entertaining, however I would hesitate to recommend this film too highly, even if you're a Sandra Bullock fan. The problem I had with '28 Days' is in its failing to settle in a genre; it tries to be funny at the wrong times and this distracts from the seriousness of key moments in the film, where it should provoke an emotional response in the viewer. Overall I generally enjoy Sandra Bullock movies, but I found '28 Days' fell a little flat, and failed to be either a good comedy or a good drama. 6/10

I have watched this movie over and over again and it always makes me cry at the same parts. I won't give spoilers away but suffice to say it's not a typical Bullock romantic comedy or action flick. I guess it could be seen more as drama, or women's fiction? It has its funny moments, so it's not entirely drama. But it's not While You Were Sleeping or Speed either. I think one thing that makes it different is that it isn't about Bullock's character finding love. Unless you consider it about her finding her own love of herself, or self-respect. Really, I think it's about her finding the strength to be on her own and to be who she is. It also involves letting go of the past. The supporting characters were so much fun, and I really like the developing relationship between Gwen and her sister as well. It's all quite an all-star cast, in my opinion at least.