Erin Brockovich 4K 2000

To be honest, I find such cautionary tales a bit tiresome. Although, if this really is an unprecedented case in legal history, then... perhaps it was worth making a film about it. But without Julia in the lead role, it would have been just another boring family film.

And so... The main character believes in herself and doubts herself. She lost hope a thousand times, she was abandoned her whole life, ignored, unappreciated, and unheard. She raised children and was completely absorbed in it. Needless to say, even coming from her, it doesn't sound convincing. She uses this as an excuse, and it's as if she herself understands that it's not a very good excuse.

And suddenly she gets a chance. And she seizes it without thinking about how realistic her venture is. Her smart and experienced boss doesn't believe in the success of the venture; it seems too complicated to him. But the key to Erin's success is precisely her ignorance. She goes toward her goal without particularly choosing a path, simply going straight ahead, inspired by the fact that she can finally realize her potential (“These people listen to my every word”), driven by a heightened sense of justice (she herself has been deceived by everyone), she has no doubt about victory. And she speaks the truth “through the mouth of a child.” Erin does not always know the law, but she knows justice. She has this inner intuition. And her victory is like a lion brought down by an innocent child.

Her character deserves special attention: an uneducated, desperate, nervous, quick-tempered, and sometimes intolerant woman becomes a confident lady without losing her character (the scene with the fee at the end of the film). Nothing is superficial. Everything is real.

I reveled in the dialogues with the boss. They are sarcastic and witty.

This film proves once again that talented cinema can be made on any subject. Art answers the question ‘How?’, not ‘What?’.