Shawn

Brockovich (Roberts) is an out of work twice divorced mother of three that gets a filing job at an attorney's office. After doing a little investigating of her own on a specific case about contaminated ground water and a very sick community, she moves up the ranks, working on this huge case with the head attorney of the office. The relationship between Brockovich and the head attorney is really fun to watch. The rest of the characters work well too, and who knew a scruffy, tough looking biker could be so nice. Even though the movie is based on a true story, I've seen movies with stories like this before, but this one is definitely better than any one I've seen before. Well paced, but loses a little momentum towards the end. I hate to admit it, since I usually can't stand Julia Roberts, but she is really good in this. I guess that's why she won the oscar.

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