A mother will do anything for her children.
Down on her luck, out of the job, and with three mouths to feed Erin Brockovich finds herself in the hospital with a broken neck and a lawsuit that didn't get her a check. Fed up, Brockovich walks into the office of her lawyer and says she isn't leaving until she gets a job. A small secretary job gets her set up enough to be able to get care for her kids. While filing paperwork, Erin runs across a file full of medical paperwork and real estate documents. Armed with curiosity, Erin goes to the house of the family filing the paperwork at the firm. Erin soon finds that there is a connection with this family's medical issues and the company trying to buy their land. The water the company uses to cool their machines is putting their runoff into the groundwater. The chemicals in the water are seeping into the water system that everyone in the county is using. These chemicals have serious side effects including all the types of cancer found in the residents of the county. Completely overwhelmed with the amount of people, children included, suffering from serious diseases, Erin attempts to do more research to build a case. She is fired by her firm due to her absence from the office in pursuing the case only to be rehired when her firm's partner discovers the case she's beginning to build. Together, they attempt to take on the biggest case in the history.
I was enamored by this film. I had heard of it often and heard it was fantastic, but I wasn't convinced until Julia Roberts opened her mouth and blew me away with her performance. The story is powerful to begin with, but her portrayal of this real life superhero is fantastic. She is both likeable and tough because you can see where she is coming from and how determined she is to move forward. This film takes some thinking to understand exactly what is happening, but if you sit back and just watch as Erin Brockovich takes on the system, you'll find yourself with some hope in the power of the little guy.
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