28 Days (2000)

Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) never met a drink she couldn’t quaff. But when her drunken buffoonery ruins her sister’s wedding — and does some major property damage — a judge orders her to choose between rehab and jail.

Netflix, IMDB

Director: Betty Thomas
STC Genre: Rites of Passage (addiction)

  • “Life Problem” – alcohol (and pills) addiction
  • “Wrong Way” – “I don’t need any help, I can do it myself if I wanted to”
  • “Acceptance” – well, literally that, and then some

Really funny beginning, and overall well done film. Basically, a classic rite of passage, and rightly so included in the Save the Cat Goes to the Movies book.

To be honest, I liked Sandra much better when she was drunk – she’s so much more fun. It seems, serious and especially “enlightened” character is not her best type. In fact, because of that the ending is somewhat less of a “triumph” than it could’ve been, because again, the beginning is so much more fun.

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