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.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.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.
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- Oliveras Oliver
- (as Michael O'Malley)
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Storyline
- Taglines
- The Life of the Party... before she got a life.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving substance abuse, language and some sensuality
- Parents guide
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- TriviaSandra Bullock would drink a triple espresso before any scene that required her character to have uncontrollable shakes.
- GoofsWhen Gwen leaves after 28 days, many of the other patients who were there when she arrived are still being treated at the facility.
- Quotes
Cornell: If that will make you happy, I will stop drinking. And then I would tell myself tonight I will not get wasted. And then something would happen. Or nothing would happen. And I'd get that feeling and you all know what that feeling is; when your skin is screaming and your hands are shaking and your stomach feels like it wants to jump through your throat. And you know that if anyone had a clue how wrong it felt to be sober, they wouldn't dream of asking you to stay that way. They would say oh geez, I didn't know. It's okay for you. Do that mound of cocaine. Have a drink. Have 20 drinks. Whatever you need to do to feel like a normal human being, you do it. And boy I did it. I drank and I snorted. I drank and snorted. I drank and snorted. And I did this day after day, day after day, night after night. I didn't care about the consequences because I knew they couldn't be half as bad as not using. And then one night something happened. I woke up. I woke up on a sidewalk and I had no idea where I was. I couldn't have told you what city I was in. And my head was pounding and I looked down and my shirt is covered in blood. And as I'm lying there wondering what happens next and I heard a voice. And it said man, this is not a way to live. This is a way to die.
- Crazy creditsAfter 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.
- Alternate versionsTV version changes Gerhardt's greatest wish. In the original it is to have his foreskin back, this is changed to wishing for an 'Abba (I)' box set.
- ConnectionsFeatured in HBO First Look: 28 Days (2000)
- SoundtracksShould I Stay or Should I Go
Written by Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Topper Headon (uncredited) and Paul Simonon (uncredited)
Performed by The Clash
Courtesy of Epic Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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
- marzbut
- Oct 28, 2004
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $43,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,170,488
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,310,672
- Apr 16, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $62,198,945
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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