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28 Days (2000) 5.8
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5.8/10 from 24,839 users
Metascore: 46/100
Reviews: 183 user | 114 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Betty ThomasWriter:Susannah Grant |
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| Viggo Mortensen | ... | ||
| Dominic West | ... | ||
| Elizabeth Perkins | ... | ||
| Azura Skye | ... | ||
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Daniel
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| Margo Martindale | ... |
Betty
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Evelyn
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Katie Scharf | ... |
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After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction. After getting to know some of the other patients, Gwen gradually begins to re-examine her life and see that she does, in fact, have a serious problem. The path to recovery will not be easy, and success will not be guaranteed or even likely, but she is now willing to give it a try. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
Plot Keywords:
wedding | car accident | sister sister relationship | speech | world trade center manhattan new york city |Taglines:
The Life of the Party... before she got a life.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving substance abuse, language and some sensuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
14 April 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
28 días See more »Box Office
Budget:
$43,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£127,743 (UK) (16 June 2000)Gross:
$305,645 (Denmark) (15 September 2000)Company Credits
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Eddie Boone: You know, lately I've been lying awake at night thinking of all the dumb-ass things I've done when i was messed up. One night last year, at dinner, I threw up all over my glazed ham. Then I was thinking, "Well, maybe nobody noticed."
Gwen Cummings: I don't think of it as a garnish.
Eddie Boone: Yeah, I'm a winner. Oh, God. You know what the worse one ...
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(1929)
Music by Milton Ager
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
Performed by Mitch Miller
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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A YMCA in North Carolina was used as the Serenity Glen rehab. The YMCA continued to operate during the shooting of the film. See more »Goofs
At the wedding reception, when Gwen and Jasper are dancing, they begin spinning in circles while holding hands. In most of the shots Gwen is holding onto the bow from the back of her dress. But in one shot it magically appears on the back of her dress again. See more »Quotes
Gwen Cummings: God, I love afternoons like this. You know what's missing in this afternoon? That I don't have a very dry vodka martini with two olives in a chilled glass. God, I miss that.Eddie Boone: You know, lately I've been lying awake at night thinking of all the dumb-ass things I've done when i was messed up. One night last year, at dinner, I threw up all over my glazed ham. Then I was thinking, "Well, maybe nobody noticed."
Gwen Cummings: I don't think of it as a garnish.
Eddie Boone: Yeah, I'm a winner. Oh, God. You know what the worse one ...
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Crazy Credits
After the credits a scene is shown where a new patient is arriving at rehab. The new patient is the actor playing Falcon in the soap Santa Cruz which is the favorite of both Eddie Boone and Andrea. Eddie Boone asks Falcon for an autograph. See more »Soundtracks
"Happy Days Are Here Again"(1929)
Music by Milton Ager
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
Performed by Mitch Miller
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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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.