Erin Brockovich

She is twice divorced, has a big mouth, bad manners and three small children to get through. Who would have thought that a simple paralegal would become the driving force in a lawsuit about the harmful effects of environmental pollution, leading to the largest settlement ever heard in court? As a female David in a world full of powerful Goliaths, Julia Roberts knows how to hold her own in her Oscar role: a modern fairy tale ‘based on a true story’. (Florian Widegger)