28 Days
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: April 14, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
10
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Count this rehab a success.
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Not without missteps and the occasional mouthful of sugar, but it grows on you. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Bullock brings a kind of ground-level vulnerability to 28 Days that doesn't make her into a victim but simply into one more suitable case for treatment. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Bullock gives it her all; she's bristling and alive on screen in a way that she hasn't been since ''Speed.'' Read full review
75
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Much less mawkish and predictable than you might expect.
70
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Funny, thought-provoking and, yes, touching. Read full review
65
Mr. ShowbizF. X. Feeney
A reliably solid treat. Read full review
63
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
If only Hollywood studios weren't so addicted to happy, oversimplified endings, the film might leave us shaken instead of slightly stirred. Read full review
63
USA TodayAndy Seiler
Far too familiar.
60
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
As ridiculous as it all is...it's somehow eminently watchable. Read full review
60
Film.comRobert Horton
A reminder of why Bullock became a movie star in the first place. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
(Bullock's) performance, and the movie's serious side, soon get lost in an overly slick script. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Sympathetic to the core but not to be believed. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Needs a gritty intervention. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
Mostly it seems forced, pat and didactic. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Shows her transition to sobriety as many ensemble stories do--mainly through the development of other characters, the quirkier the better. Read full review
40
NewsweekDavid Ansen
This is a movie afraid of its own shadows.
40
L.A. WeeklyJudith Lewis
Has all the force of bubbles on air -- fun to look at, but exciting no emotion deeper than fleeting delight. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Begins with such a flurry of promise that it comes as a sharp disappointment when this drug-rehab comedy skids out of control. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMarc Caro
A cutesy, heavy-handed morality tale that contains nary a believable moment.
38
Baltimore SunAnn Hornaday
Bullock's character goes through some changes, but she never turns into some unrecognizably serious actress.
30
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Thomas's fleet-footed approach suggests the anxious embarrassment of a director in an awful hurry to get it over with. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
So shapeless, pointless and witless a film that it can be explained only by surmising that the people who made it were bombed at the time.
20
TNT RoughCutJ. Rentilly
The saddest part about 28 Days is it's more fun when it's drunk.
20
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Too glib too often to make much of an impression any way you look at it. Read full review
10
SalonCharles Taylor
Not even court-ordered rehab could save this stumbling drunk of a picture. Read full review
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