Erin Brokovich

Review on the movie Erin Brokovich “She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.” This tagline indeed summarized the movie Erin Brokovich. The movie was about a not-so-privileged but strong willed woman who was able to impact and make a difference to the life of hundreds of people to a community. Erin (Julia Roberts) was a woman who was out of a job, did not have a special training for anything, was divorced twice, and is a mother of three – 8-year old Matthew, 6-year old Katie, and 10-month old Beth. The movie started off with Erin persistently looking for a job but not getting hired. In the midst of all those problems, she got into a car accident and she was injured. She was then referred to a lawyer named Ed Masry (Albert Finney) who owned a small private firm. The lawyer promised her that they were going to get the guy responsible for what happened, but when Erin was in the witness stand, she snapped, lost her temper and used foul words. Because of that, the jury did not rule to her favor and as a result, she had nothing. She was in debt and she got nothing. She knew she had responsibilities as a mother and she was desperate. So, what she did was went to the office of Ed Masry and demanded for a job. She did not leave the office without getting what she needed. This was an act of determination and at the same time desperation. She had nowhere else to go and she was so tired of being taken for granted (as being divorced twice). Mr. Masry then was caught up and had no choice but to give her a job. In the workplace, she was not liked by people particularly because of how she dressed. She always wore provoking clothes and it really was not work-appropriate. Also, she got her job in a not-so-good manner. However, she was not intimidated by these people and rather, just focused on her job. There was one scene when she asked her co-worker about something and her co-worker refused to help her. That scene proved how condescending her