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starstarstarstar Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune
starstarstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstarstar Philip Wuntch - Dallas Morning News
starstarstarstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstarstarstar Jonathan Lewis - The Reel Site
starstarstarstar Jon Popick - @N-Zone
starstarstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstar Wesley Morris - SF Examiner
starstarstar Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
starstarstar Owen Gleiberman - EW
starstarstar Michael O’Sullivan - Washington Post
starstarstar Elizabeth Weitzman - Film.com
starstar A.O. Scott - NY Times
starstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times

“It's one of the gutsiest, most exciting, and most satisfying courtroom docudramas ever, one that genuinely lifts the spirits as you watch it”

- Michael Wilmington

“Erin Brockovich has a screenplay with the depth and insight of a cable-TV docudrama, and that won't do for a 126-minute ‘major production’”

- Roger Ebert

Erin Brockovich
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A brash research assistant (Julia Roberts) builds a lawsuit against a utility company responsible for contaminating a town's water supply. Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Marg Helgenberger, Cherry Jones, Veanne Cox, Tracey Walter, Conchata Ferrell, Peter Coyote, Scotty Leavenworth. Director: Steven Soderbergh (2000, R)
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