Julia Roberts d/ Steven Soderbergh
Formula mainstream fare...helped immensely by a going-against-the-grain performance by JR. She is completely convincing as a foul-mouthed, trashy striver who pulls a by-her-bootstraps transformation using aggression and (justified) self-righteousness.
Incidentally, her foe, PG&E, was the same outfit that made millions by knowingly bilking people in the Enron casino ten years ago. The much-deserved prosecutions never happened because the SEC records needed to prove the court case were stored in WTC 7 and were destroyed when that building exploded into dust on 9/11.
Soderbergh does his usual professional job putting together a moneymaker for the suits. This hit all the right buttons and carried forward the myth that one good person can turn the tide against the corporate mudslide.
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