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Sandra Bullock gives an outstanding performance in this story about alcohol and drug rehabilitation. Unfortunately, the presentation of the story was lacking and it detracted from the film's overall effect. Director Betty Thomas and writer Suzannah Grant (who scored with the screenplay of "Erin Brockovich") can't seem to decide whether they want the film to be a zany comedy or a serious drama. They seem to have been aiming for a bittersweet comedy, but they missed the mark. They trivialized the good dramatic elements of the story with numerous inane scenes, many of which were more ridiculous than funny. The film also suffers from an excess of clichés, some overemphasized to the point of being stupid.. It is difficult to take much of the story seriously with all the foolishness that is continually erupting. The result of this miscalculation was that the film was hammered at the box office, with the gross ticket sales failing even to match production costs. That's a pity because a lot of people missed an excellent dramatic performance.

Sandra Bullock was a ray of sunshine that burst forth from this otherwise jumbled mess. Sandra simply out-acted and outclassed the entire cast and did a terrific job despite the `nutty institution' approach. This is something of a departure from her accustomed romantic comedy roles. She had a chance to flex her dramatic acting muscles here, portraying a very confused and distraught character. She went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows and handled the full range of emotions beautifully. It was one of the most complete dramatic performances I have seen from her to date.

I rated this film a 6/10 on the strength of Bullock's portrayal. Without her, it would have been about a 3/10. If the topic had been treated more seriously, with sensitivity to the nuances of drug rehabilitation rather than having a good laugh at their expense, it would have been far more powerful and effective.

Sandra Bullock does a pretty good job of playing Gwen the drunken party girl who gets herself into trouble. She is not gung ho for a treatment center, but her other option is jail. Actually, I was not sure how she avoided jail at all, and 28 days seemed too short a time for all the hilarity, action and breakthroughs in this film, but other than these things, I was really impressed with Bullock and the ensemble acting - the balance of comedy and drama. The one actor I thought over-acted was in the character of Gwen's boyfriend. He was too much, and it was a relief to see him off the screen. Viggo Mortensen is endearing as the other guy for Gwen. I would like to have seen more of them together. I think people will love the soap opera gags and the send-up of drug/alcohol treatment centers, but will also get the serious nature of the interactions in the "chemistry" among all the characters in treatment in the film.

I liked it very much because I had a similar experience, so this movie gives me the chance to think about it and about my new life.

What happens in the rehab center match my experience I had in Germany but I must underligne that the change is not so quick as it is showed in the movie. And I'd like to underline that after the therapy in the rehab center one must keep on adopting the new life rules. It is very hard and one must have the courage to want the change but it is worth it. I would like to study the script because I did not understand all the words, in fact I am not English mother tongue. Anyway, this movie is a good help to see what happens to others in the similar situation.

Could anyone suggest me where to find the script on the web?

Thank you in advance

Ciao Marzia

There is a a very important message at the heart of this Betty Thomas film: Self Control from Indulgent excesses. The problem: the film itself tipsily overindulges its themes by balancing good drama with over-acting and imbalanced doses of comedy.

In a sense, the film knew it was dealing with touchy subject matter when it highlighted the realities of rehab in NY, but why did it need to purposefully throw in the stereotypical comedic archetypes - the viking accented Alan Tursdysk, or O'Malley's strapdown one liners, or for that matter, the debonair English accented intelligent metro lover in Dom West? Perhaps it was in 2000, and you needed to sell films that way to appeal to their target audience of teenagers who did weed and drank too much, but the fact is, when you have Steve Buscemi, Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen in a film you can afford to push the drama-reality envelope and go in that direction.

In fact, the film's best moments are when Thomas does this- in a series of flashbacks to let the audience get in sync and depth with Bullock's character. And, there are scenes where the comedy can be done appropriately and in concordance with the film's thematic content- such as the skit at the end for Azura Skye's character. Sadly, these good moves are coupled with some really tipsy flaws, including the ending where Mortensen's character meets the soap star. Bullock's character also undergoes way too quick a character change (for 28 days) if one was to really nitpick.

However, the themes in this film make this a film i would still recommend to youth and young people. Azura Skye's character's loneliness, depression and suicide are genuinely depicted, and the fragile and important message of hope and redemption amid the perfunctory nature of life in the rehab centre that are celebrated in the plot really help this film regain its footing. When Bullock's character realises that this (the pills and drugs) was not a way to live, and Mortensen addresses her insecurities of not being able to do a single thing right, the film touches significant depths and strikes the chords of viewers. My personal favourite was the scene were Lizzy Perkins' character acknowledges the flaws of hers and her sister's lives and establishes love and hope in reconciliation. You see, it is the film's ability to reach such levels that I know this film suffered from tipsily overindulging its themes-trying to tie in too much to everyone- from being a comedy to a drama.

While this deals with quite a serious subject, it overall lacks character and storyline depth. The emotions don't feel too deep and there's a general lack of chemistry with the cast. However, decent acting and the storyline is captivating.

This movie seems to have been made in a vacuum by people who have zero experience with the subject matter they are half-heartedly attempting to tackle. It seems if you were going to make a movie on the subject of rehab, alcoholism and addiction, you would at least consult with someone who had some experience with it. It is evident by scenes like her arrival at rehab and first lunch that the director and actors are working off of third hand knowledge of what it is really like. People that are experiencing a 30 day rehab do not look good, clean-cut and made up. It is a shame that a film like this saw the light of day. Movies such as this further perpetuate false stereotypes about addiction and recovery. It is a gut wrenching and emotional experience to go through and this film takes the gritty subject and transforms it into Shakespeare in love style rom com trash. It was a terrible movie.

After drunken Gwen (Sandra Bullock) destroys her sister Lily's (Elizabeth Perkins) wedding, she is court-ordered to spend 28 days in rehab. The other option was jail.

There she has to acknowledge she has a problem and mingle with other patients suffering from addiction and attempting to rehabilitate.

These include Oliver (Mike O'Malley), Daniel (Reni Santoni), Roshanda (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), Gerhardt (Alan Tudyk), with addictions ranging from sex to drugs to liquor. Her own roommate (Azura Skye) is a self-harming heroin addict in love with Cruz on Santa Barbara.

That's just the beginning- Gwen going to have to face her sister Lily and make a decision about her boyfriend Jaspar (Dominic West) who slipped her drugs while in rehab.

Bullock's lively personality and charisma makes the movie, which has elements of both comedy and drama. I don't think it really puts people off addiction or has any real lessons, as it's on the lightweight side.

The alphabetical trawl through the movies on Sky lands me on "28 Days" a turn of the Millennium, Sandra Bullock starring drama about her experiences in a rehabilitation facility. I was aware of the film, but hadn't seen it until now. It was, in a word, underwhelming.

Having ruined her sister's wedding in what is the latest of a long line of drunken nights, Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) is forced into 28 days of mandated rehab after stealing and crashing a limousine. Initially resistant to the treatment, Gwen eventually bonds with her fellow patients including her roomate Andrea (Azura Skye) and Eddie (Viggo Mortensen). However, her good work is repeatedly undone by her boyfriend Jasper (Dominic West) who doesn't accept that Gwen has a problem.

So there are some positives. Bullock is, as always, a capable actress and the watchable movie star. All the performances, perhaps except for Alan Tudyk's oddly OTT, potentially offensive turn, are at the very least acceptable. Actually, that's maybe where the positives end.

Tonally the film is all over the place. The time in rehabilitation is a slapstick farce sometimes, something approaching a gritty drama at others, but at no point does it feel real. Maybe it's the sepia lens that the film is shot through, maybe it's that the group counselling sessions are nonsense, maybe it's that there appears to be no structure or discipline in the facility, a facility which, I might add, stops the bus at a gas station, that sells alcohol, on the way back from a company team building exercise that they did, for some reason. I don't feel like Gwen's breakthroughs really come from anywhere genuine either - she hurts her leg a bit, falling from a tree, which is her rock bottom - it's not up there with "Trainspottings" baby scene, it's not even the worst thing that happens to her in this movie. But from that one moment she immediately signs up, flies straight and never wavers again.

Not funny enough for a comedy and far too lightweight for a drama "28 Days" is a lifetime movie, with better actors.

Eleven years after this movie hit the screen, I just viewed it. After seeing pages of reviews, no one will read this, but I will add my 2 cents anyway. I dislike drug rehabilitation movies, abuse movies, and similar themes, but this one captured my interest during each scene. I watched it in the morning while finishing last night's left-over gin that was diluted with water from melted ice from the previous night. I saw myself.

The reason I dislike rehabilitation movies is that I feel like I'm watching someone else's problems, and I don't like entertainment based on someone else's pain. For those who like this type of entertainment, it is excellent. For those who need a life-changing event, it may serve that purpose too.

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

This film tells the story of a woman who discovers herself while she is in 28 days of compulsory rehab for alcohol misuse.

Even though many characters in the film mess their lives up, they still manage to be likable. I cannot help but be sympathetic and feel for their situation. It is a journey for the characters, and makes viewers reflect on their lives too.

Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) is a mess. She crashes the limo ruining her sister Lily (Elizabeth Perkins)'s wedding reception. She's forced into rehab for 28 days. Her boyfriend Jasper (Dominic West) is an enabler and smuggle drugs into rehab. The treatment center is full of eccentric addicts run by Cornell (Steve Buscemi).

The eccentrics have their moments. Parts of it is dark. It's tone gets uneven and changes a lot. The good part is Sandra Bullock. She has an innate charm and likability which makes all her craziness very cute. Her vulnerability seems raw and real. It's probably pretty accurate about rehab with an added splash of comedy. It's better and more serious than what's in the trailer.

I saw this movie years ago, and found it to be a wonderfully realistic depiction of an individual coming to terms with her addictions while at a treatment centre. For lack of anything I sat down and watched it again last night with my family, and although I still enjoyed it, I felt that it fell short of the mark. That it had not addressed the issue of addiction as a disease as well as it could have, and that it failed to utilize the majority of the secondary characters to help showcase the types and/or the roots of their addictions and their cost, not only to the secondary characters but to their families as well.

Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) is a columnist that in her job is good but in her private life is a mess: she has a casual boyfriend (Dominic West) and they both live a wild life being addicted to drugs and alcohol. All this has its peak the day of Gwen's sister Lily (Elizabeth Perkins)'s wedding: not only she crashes the celebration but she causes some property damage with a stolen limousine. After the trail Gwen is forced to spend 28 days in a rehab center run by former alcoholic Cornell (Steve Buscemi), where she befriends various other addicts while she still insists that she hasn't problems. This will change when she is saved from a fall by Eddie Boone (Viggo Mortensen), a former baseball player who was addicted to drugs, alcohol and sex and is also a fan of the soap opera SANTA BARBARA. After a while Gwen will finally admit to herself that she has a problem and after the 28 days are over, she goes to her boyfriend and his friends but after a while he will leave them going on her own riding a horse who just happened to be there.

For my luck I have never experienced rehab but from what I heard about folks who experienced it, I think that 28 DAYS is most likely like they explained it. Apart from that, Betty Thomas directed nicely as always and all the cast gives nice performances. Sandra Bullock surprised me because she certainly doesn't look like your first choice for leading lady if you have to make a movie about rehab. Elizabeth Perkins as her sister, Dominic West as her boyfriend, Steve Buscemi as the clinic director and Viggo Mortensen as Gwen's new friend were all natural in a way. And the ending... you just have to see it.

Overall, while the concept might look depressing it still works because of the direction and acting. Not certainly a must see but one of those movies to see at least once.

It's almost hard for me not to love a Sandra Bullock film. I didn't expect the film to be about battling against addiction and recovery, but it surprised me in several ways. The preachier elements were simple to gloss over to enjoy the overall thematics of the film.

This is one of those films that make me really angry. It isn't just a bad film, it is also dishonest and hurtful to those people it claims to be representing.

First of all, the opening is completely unbelievable and not very entertaining either. The kind of phony Hollywood sit in a room development that makes you wonder if these people ever get out of their offices. Then there is the introduction to the rehab. Enter sitcom land and never leave. Exaggerated stereotypes, bad jokes and more.

More and more I worry that a whole generation of minds were destroyed completely by television. Whether it is phony studio nonsense like this, Kevin Smith's Happy Days influenced indie films or fishwrap film critics claiming something is original just because it wasn't a remake of an old Three's Company episode.

28 DAYS / (2000) ***

"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 truth depicting the problems in which a nowhere life can lead. Why would anyone want to see a movie about someone spending time in rehab, regardless of how well crafted it is? Because "28 Days" is an interesting, sometimes funny, and involving tale with empathetic, down to earth characters. Do not let this production pass by you without a watch.

The film's main character is named Gwen Cummings and is played by the talented Sandra Bullock. She lives a wild, crazy life with her boyfriend, Jasper (Dominic West). Gwen is an alcoholic and a drug addict, and does not get much support from her similar love interest. As the movie opens, the two get drunk at a club, come home, have sex, and put out a fire with wine. The next day, Gwen arrives late to her sister's wedding, only to destroy an expensive dessert and crash a limousine into a house.

The Gwen Cummings character is developed clearly and effectively. We learn about her lifestyle, recognize faults, and are shown a dark history through painfully real flashbacks. This is one of the things that make "28 Days" so involving. We discover elements about the character and notice inner changes as she learns of them herself. I really cared about this character.

Gwen is given a choice, she can serve jail time for her wrongdoing or can waive that and spend 28 days in a rehab clinic. She chooses rehab. The head counselor is Cornell (Steve Buscemi), who shows empathy but also coyness. Also present at his heath clinic is an assortment of characters who sing sappy melodies and share group love, including Daniel (Reni Santoni), with thick glasses and medical capabilities, Andrea (Azura Skye), Gwen's young roommate, and Eddie Boone (Viggo Mortensen), a famous baseball pitcher with a drinking problem.

Gwen's experiences in rehab seem truthful and accurate. Her withdrawals and agonies are realistic and knowledgeable. It is obvious the filmmakers and Sandra Bullock thoroughly researched the stresses and details of rehab.

Sandra Bullock performs with the right amount of immaturity and charisma. This wonderful actress is set free in this kind of heart filled role; she is best when the main character. Here, Gwen is free to tread the surface of the movie and still allows other characters to contribute to her defining.

About half way through, the movie losses its much needed focus on Gwen and drifts into detailing relationships, friendships, and other characters. While most of the events that take place surround Gwen, the movie was on the right track with its first half. "28 Days" is smart enough to recognize its blunder, however, and by the final scenes it regains the emotionally correct material and concludes with high standards.

The filmmakers are advertising it as a comedy, but only an isolation of sequences offer hilarity or slapstick. This movie teaches us lessons through its characters. And the lessons are well taught.

Sandra bullock is just super in this, she is so versatile. I was going to say nobody behaves that badly but I suspect they do! Anyway, very easy to watch and to be invested in the characters.

Its probably not right for me to judge a movie I turned off after a half an hour but something this bad couldn't have been saved by the last 60 minutes and it was so painfully obvious where it was headed.

There was no way I was going to care about Sandy's character. What, is she some tough-talking-take-no-prisoners-life-is-too-short-to-drink-cheap-vodka-jaded-city-slicker ? Ugh ! Who cares. It seemed at times the movie was satirical, giving us Sandy's chararacter (I forget her name, let's just call her Boozehound) - anyway, Boozehound's perspective. Who needs that !? I dont need to see a rehab center from this wastoid's pov.

Not funny. Not revealing. Trying so hard for redemption. And so horribly predictable. Go see Girl, Interrupted instead.