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List Price: $9.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 8000
Released: September 19, 2000 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A DISASTROUS DRUNKEN EPISODE LANDS SUCCESSFUL NEW YORKJOURNALIST GWEN CUMMINGS IN REHAB, WHERE SHE ENCOUNTERS A BIZARRE ASSORTMENT OF CHARACTERS AND UNIQUE RITUALS DURING HERTOUCHING AND OFTEN HILARIOUS ROAD TO RECOVERY. SPECIAL FEATURES:INTERACTIVE MENUS, SCENE SELECTIONS, AND MUCH MORE.
Description of 28 Days (Special Edition):
To appreciate 28 Days, it's best to be thankful that director Betty Thomas hasn't forced Sandra Bullock into a remake of Clean and Sober. Instead Thomas has balanced her comedic sensibility (evident in Dr. Dolittle and Private Parts) with the seriousness of alcoholism and substance abuse, and she succeeds without compromising the gravity of the subject matter. Some critics have scoffed at the movie's breezy, formulaic portrait of 27-year-old boozer and pill-popper Gwen Cummings (Bullock), but this smooth-running star vehicle does for Bullock what Erin Brockovich did for Julia Roberts, focusing her appeal in a substantial role without taxing the limits of her talent. It's no wonder that Susannah Grant (who wrote both films) was one of the hottest new screenwriters of 1999. She writes "Hollywood Lite" without insulting anyone's intelligence.
As played by Bullock, Gwen is an alcoholic in denial whose latest bender with boozer boyfriend Jasper (Dominic West) ruins the wedding of her sister (Elizabeth Perkins) and lands her in a month-long rehab program with the requisite gang of struggling drunks and junkies. Newcomer Alan Tudyk steals his scenes as a gay German rehabber who might've dropped in from a Berlin performance-art exhibit, and Steve Buscemi aptly conveys the weary commitment of a counselor who's seen it all. Thomas has surrounded Bullock with a sharp ensemble, and the addition of singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III (as a kind of Greek chorus crooner) is sublimely inspired. Certainly no surprises here--the warring sisters will reconcile, and at least one rehabber will fail to recover--but there's ample pleasure to be found in Bullock's finely tuned performance, and in Thomas's inclusion of flashbacks and tangents that add depth and laughter in just the right dosage. --Jeff Shannon
28 Days (Special Edition) Reviews:
Terrifying! 
2009-12-07 - What was supposed to be a romantic evening with an attractive lady friend became an evening of sheer horror after seeing this film. While this movie may be billed as an upbeat comedy about a big-city newspaper columnist who is forced to go into rehab, it was anything but. First of all, Sandra Bullock is only in the film for about 2 minutes where she devours a screaming man and is cut up with a machete. The rest of the movie deals with a few people who are fighting for their lives against people going through sever withdrawal issues (rotting skin, vomiting blood, and trying to eat people's brains, etc.). The group fights their way out of an apartment building to find help from the military only to have to then fight off the soldiers who attempt to rape the women of the group. This movie literally left me shaking in tears and I never heard from my date again. Stay away from this move AT ALL COSTS!
outstanding sandra 
2009-11-19 - sandra is one of the most delightful actressess on the screen,she gets her point across beautifully she is so graceful.this movie doesnt come short of that as she continues to give us a eletrifying performance as a recovering alcoholic!
Sandra Bullock Shines!!!
2009-10-24 - First of all, this movie should definitely be seen by anyone who loves great acting by a fantastic leading actress and love gripping dramas that really take your heart. Sandra Bullock shines as a woman who crashes her sister's limo from her wedding into a residential house and has to spend 28 days in rehab where she tries to find the person she really is behind her alcoholism. Throughout the movie, she lights up the screen with her dynamic acting mixed with some humor that would make this film a must see for any sandra fan or people who love a good drama with heart!
28 Days
2009-08-18 - Watching Sandra Bullock play something that you could never imagine her being, is very well done! She is fun and still her naturally goofy self. This gets a little heart warming and it's still a great love story. I definitely recommend watching this!
28 Days DVD
2009-04-06 - I have never received the product. I ordered it March 3, was informed it had been shipped, guaranteed delivery within 15 working days, and my credit card was charged. I have sent emails to both Amazon.com and DVD Legacy, but have not received any information regarding my movies. I ordered 6 copies of the movie "28 Days' for use in a college course I am teaching.
