Like the protagonists in most inspirational stories, at the beginning of the movie, Erin Brockevich is an inconspicuous little character. She has never received a higher education, is full of swear words and dresses in a vulgar manner. The only thing she can do is to win the beauty pageant championship in a small town.
In marriage and career, she also failed. Not only did she become a single mother with three children after divorce, but she also found it difficult to find a suitable job because of her long-term career as a housewife, and even supporting herself became a problem.
When people are in trouble, even more unlucky things happen. After a failed interview, Erin Brockwich became the victim of the car accident. Lawyer Ed Masley accepted her commission, but because Erin swears in court, he almost won the case and became a failure.
At this time, Erin had only seventy-four dollars in her bank account!
This is not the end. After returning home, Irene learned that the neighbor who had been helping her take care of her child was moving away and living with her daughter, and she could no longer help her. In order to take care of the child, she had to interrupt the cervical spine treatment caused by the car accident.
It's really unlucky one after another.
In the first ten minutes, the movie fully demonstrates the heroine's personality traits to the audience with fast and short shots. Such a rude but straightforward Erin can easily win the audience's recognition.
Even without ugly makeup, Nicole took off her original noble and cold look, and her whole body looked gorgeous and vulgar, which made most people subconsciously ignore it. The woman who was full of swearing on the big screen had a completely different public image.
Some authoritative people have said that the best actors become whatever they play, rather than turning all the characters into themselves.
For example, Leonardo DiCaprio, the so-called experts in his previous life, always said that he played all the roles as Leonardo.
There is no doubt that in the first ten minutes, Nicole was very successful in shaping Erin Brockevich.
In addition to the character itself, the most attractive ones are Nicole's slender and straight legs and the gully squeezed out with magic busts, especially for Ryan, which makes him feel excited.
To support herself and to support her three children, Erin needs to find a suitable job. However, her six-year career as a housewife has caused her job failures, and she cannot find a job as a salesperson.
In desperation, Erin came to lawyer Ed again and asked for a job without benefits.
"If you don't hire me, I won't leave!" This can be said to be both her shameless and her persistence.
While sorting out documents for Ed, Erin accidentally found some suspicious documents. These documents were mixed into real estate documents, which aroused her suspicion and prompted her to set foot on the town of Hinckley.
This is a small town built in the desert, because it is far from the city. The Pacific Gas and Electric Power Company's factory is located nearby.
Erin first visited Mrs. Donna Jansen, who was seriously ill, and heard that the possible chromium pollution in the power plant may be related to their illness. Later, she consulted experts and found out that the hexavalent chromium used in the power plant is fatal to the human body.
She found the local water conservancy department, used her own beauty little, easily entered it, and found a lot of relevant information. She confirmed that the pollution did exist, and copied a copy.
Because of the continuous running, Ed misunderstood that Erin was absent from work and wanted to fire her. Erin roared at him without hesitation.
"I won't let you be satisfied!" He left after saying that.
This woman's toughness and rudeness are obvious, and such female characters are often the Oscar's love.
Soon, Ed came to the door. The serious exceeding the hexavalent chromium made the old lawyer realize that this was an amazing case and he wanted to hire Erin to work on the firm.
"Do you want to invite me back to work? I have a lot of bills to pay!"
This is really a typical low-level little person. However, under Nicole's wonderful interpretation, the merciless people make people feel friendly and cute.
After reading the information copied by Erin, Ed thought it was far from enough and needed more detailed and precise content. Erin suggested that she could go to the water conservancy department to look for it.
"Why do you think you can walk in with a swagger and do whatever you want?"
"Because I have big tits~"
In Ed's surprised eyes, the audience burst into a kind laugh. Such lines only make people feel that the characters in the movie are friendly, rather than fake voids.
Erin once again embarked on the journey of finding evidence. She acted like a scoundrel, was shameless and used her own appearance, and by relying on these extremely unreliable means, she copied a large amount of information from the water conservancy department.
At this point, they fully confirmed that Pacific Gas and Electric Power Company concealed a very serious hexavalent chromium pollution incident near Hinckley.
Ed sent some relevant documents to Pacific Gas and Electric Power Company, hoping to negotiate with the other party to resolve the incident and get enough compensation for the residents of Hinckley. However, the representatives sent by Pacific Gas and Electric Power Company showed the arrogance and rudeness of the large company. They only offered 250,000 US dollars in compensation, which was naturally rejected by Ed and Erin.
"Before you make a big splash, it's best to find out who your opponent is. Pacific Gas and Electric Power Company has a market value of US$28 billion!" The opponent finally issued a threat.
Unfortunately, neither Ed nor Erin cared about their threats.
Then, Erin and Ed had a disagreement about this matter, had a dispute, and then a hilarious scene appeared.
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[email protected]!" Ed, a good old man, got angry very rarely.
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[email protected]!" This was Erin's fight back.
From then on, Erin fell into a busy work. For this case, she picked up the book again, learned related knowledge, and ran between the former and current residents of Hinckley town for a long time, looking for evidence and encouraging them to stand up bravely.
Just like all American heroes, there are always some conflicts behind the protagonists who are difficult to understand their family at the beginning, and there is a gradual conflict between Erin and her children and her new boyfriend.
This movie is just to highlight Erin Brockevich and Steven Soderbergh are very clear about Ryan’s purpose, and he downplays a lot of content. Especially for the legal aspects, it is just a simple explanation - if you win, the lawyer can take away forty percent of the compensation!
Of course, if he fails, he won't get a penny and he will have to pay his time.
In order to get enough evidence, Irene searched for evidence everywhere, so she went to dirty ditches and wells to retrieve water samples, and even collected frogs dead in ponds.
Nicole paid a lot for this role, all of which she personally took part.
Erin's actions naturally attracted attention. She kept receiving threatening calls, and the other party warned her and her three children to be careful...
Such a situation did not shake Erin's determination, but it aroused her boyfriend's dissatisfaction. The conflict between the two became increasingly intensified, and eventually the other party left her.
However, more and more people in the town fell ill. Especially Donna Jensen, who was the first to visit, was extremely deteriorating. All of these strengthened Erin's determination to continue to investigate and seek justice for them!
After her and Ed's hard work, the court rejected the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's defense and announced that the lawsuit against them was officially established.
The lawyer of Pacific Gas and Electric Power Company came to Ed's firm and proposed to reach an out-of-court settlement of 20 million US dollars, but they flatly refused.
"We will not agree without a hundred times the price!"
When the furious lawyer picked up the water cup and wanted to drink water, Erin spoke again, "This is the water specially brought for you from Hinckley!"
The lawyer hesitated and finally put the water cup back on the table.
The plot is very bloody. But this kind of plot of a small person using the wisdom of the bottom to defeat the superior opponent is definitely the favorite of ordinary audiences.
With Erin's active running, more and more residents stood up and united, wanting to get what they deserve for themselves, their families and children.
However, things were once again twists and turns. In order to win this unprecedented lawsuit, Ed decided to seek help from a larger firm, which aroused Erin's dissatisfaction, especially as a resident of the plaintiff, who did not trust these new members and even became suspicious of Erin and Ed.
Erin and Ed gathered the victims together and tried their best to convince the vast majority of people, causing them to sign Daming on the agreement. Even so, they still lacked 150 signatures in the end, and Erin started running again.
Her door-to-door visits moved many people with her perseverance spirit. The incident finally turned around. Even her boyfriend who left returned to Erin at this time.
It seemed that luck turned to her completely. By chance, Erin obtained crucial evidence from an employee of Pacific Gas and Electric Power Company. The other party's cousin died of hexavalent chromium pollution. The evidence he retained was enough to allow Pacific Gas and Electric Power Company to slide into the abyss.
When Erin placed everything, including evidence and piles of thick signature documents, at the desk of the collaborator, everyone showed an incredible look.
"How did you...you do?" asked the lawyer who worked with them in surprise.
"I'm ignorant and have never attended law school. Ed lost confidence in the existing system, so I had to betray my body. I helped 634 people blow the trumpet within five days, so..."
Erin Brockwich's vulgar joke came to an end, "I'm really exhausted."
There was no fierce court argument, no carnival after winning the lawsuit, and the case returned from the end to the starting point. Erin and her boyfriend found Donna Jensen, whom she originally visited, and explained the end of the entire case in brief words.
"The judge made a ruling. He asked Pacific Gas and Electric Company to compensate a total of 333 million US dollars, of which 5 million US dollars belonged to your family!"
The movie comes to an end, and the little character uses his uncompromising spirit to overthrow the behemoth and finally receives a check for two million dollars in compensation!
Chapter completed!