28 Days

2000
PG-13
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

55K

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POPULARITY

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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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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

55K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,065

2,985

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

Trivia
Sandra Bullock would drink a triple espresso before any scene that required her character to have uncontrollable shakes.

Goofs
Contributors have pointed out that when she leaves after 28 days many of the same patients are still there, they assume this is an error, but they assume all the patients receive the same amount of time in rehab.

Quotes
Lily: The only thing I told you was how a pain in the ass you were.
Gwen Cummings: well I am a pain in the ass
Lily: Even a pain in the ass needs, someone, to take care of them. I didn't do that, I didn't and, I should have. I should have helped you with your homework, I should have walked you home after school. Sometimes I'd be walking with my friends and I'd see you half a block ahead, all alone. You were so little.
Gwen Cummings: Well, so were you
Lily: Yeh
Gwen Cummings: Well, I never asked for help so...
Lily: But you needed it, didn't you. I mean everybody does
Gwen Cummings: Yep... I'm sorry I make it so impossible to love me...
[crying]
Lily: You make it impossible for me not to love you

Crazy credits
After 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 versions
TV 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.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Return to Me/Black and White/Ready to Rumble/Rules of Engagement/Me Myself I (2000)

Soundtracks
Should 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

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Featured review

A journey

This film tells the story of a woman who discovers herself while she is in 28 days of compulsory rehab for alcohol misuse.

Even though many characters in the film mess their lives up, they still manage to be likable. I cannot help but be sympathetic and feel for their situation. It is a journey for the characters, and makes viewers reflect on their lives too.