28 Tage (2000)

28 Tage: Directed by Betty Thomas. With Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Elizabeth Perkins. A big-city newspaper columnist is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister’s wedding and crashing a stolen limousine.

“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 Gwenu0026#39;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 u0026quot;chemistryu0026quot; among all the characters in treatment in the film.”