Director
Betty Thomas

Writer
Susannah Grant

Sandra portrays an alcoholic who is constantly drinking, she wrecks her sisters wedding, then drives a limo into a house! (it never showed her getting a ticket) Needless to say, she gets thrown into rehab -- blah blah blah. This could have been a GREAT movie had they treated it with compassion and dignity. Instead the alcoholics / addicts were mocked, the treatment center was made to be a joke, and there was a bunch of half ass humor - some of it, a bit mean spirited. If it had been a straight drama, it could have been an emotional, heartwrenching masterpiece. But, nooooooooooo, they had to try and throw comedy in. Yuck. Ruined it for me. It's as if they couldn't decide if they wanted it to be a comedy or a drama. Just as things were getting intense and you were really feeling some emotion - a lame joke would land in your face like a bucket of cold water. There were parts where the addicts were doing monologues and the audience was laughing, and I'm thinking, "Hey, this is serious". But the movie didn't treat it serious, so why should the audience??

So, I'm VERY disappointed. What a bummer. I adore Sandra, and the rest of the cast was great. And the flashback scenes were cool. But the bottom line is: good idea, terrible execution. As I said, some of it was REALLY great - but "some of it" does not make a movie. And she was just incredible. As always. Some of her best acting ever. She even said the F word a few times and was VERY believable! If they cut some of the lame scenes, it will be an incredible movie.

October 2, 1999 - Yesterday, I gave you a pretty negative test screening review of 28 Days. Well, here is a positive review from Ain't It Cool News. I'll warn you now that it has a few spoilers. The reviewer really liked Sandra and Steve Buscemi's performances, and thought it would make a great date movie.

October 4, 1999 - The European magazine MAX has a pic of Sandra with a horse from 28 Days. It also has a short article that says the role will help Sandra change her "girl next door" image. I added the pic to Page 14. Also, the Austrian movie mag SKIP has a familiar pic from the movie with a short article that mentioned Howard Stern visited the set. Thanks to Lupo for the pic and info!

Empire magazine has an interview with Dominic West of 28 Days. Here's what he says about the movie. Cheers to Claire for the info!

What about your next movie - 28 Days with Sandra Bullock?  
'It finished filming in July and it's a funny drama where Sandra is an alcoholic who goes to rehab. I'm her drunk English boyfriend who tried to persuade her not to give up drink and we have a big scene at the beginning where we're drinking and shagging and then she realises she can't do that sort of thing any more. So she dumps me for an all-American sober guy. But I get all the funny lines. 
I'd never worked in America on a Hollywood flick like that before with such a big star. The work ethic over there was fascinating - it was so much more than I've been used to. Sandra was very much the star. She's is good because she's in control and she's not paranoid. She knows exactly what she wants and she's very able to get it. The rest of the time she's an incredibly kind and generous person - very good fun. We had a really good time.'

October 9, 1999 - Page 59 of the current issue of Cosmopolitan magazine with Neve Campbell on the cover has a full page pic of Sandra on the set of 28 Days. Thanks to Janie for the info!

October 19, 1999 - The Sony Pictures website has teaser page for 28 Days. Right now, it just has some basic info on the movie. Thanks to Derek for the info!

October 24, 1999 - 28 Days trivia: Scenes for the Serenity Glen rehab center were shot at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly. According to their newsletter, "the 8-week production spent nearly $6 million locally on things like services, hotels, meals and salaries for locals hired as extras." Thanks to Paul for the info!

November 6, 1999 - Premiere magazine's special Women in Hollwood issue (Gwyneth Paltrow cover) has a really cool article about Betty Thomas, the director of 28 Days. It's about a day in her life directing the movie. There are a lot of cool things to read about the Sandra Bullock and the movie. One thing it mentions is that "28 Days" is a tentative title, so it might change before it's released. I'd type out the article, but it's super long. Besides, it's definitely worth buying for yourself. Unfortunately, out of all the photos from the set, none of them feature Sandy.

November 20, 1999 - Upcomingmovies.com says that 28 Days will be out April 14th! Thanks to Greygoat for the info!

28 Days will be out in Austria on April 28th. Thanks to Lupo for the info.

November 30, 1999 - An anonymous source recently told me that Sandra recently re-shot the ending for 28 Days because the original didn't do well with test audiences.

December 16, 1999 - Holy crap! Here's the poster for 28 Days, and it looks PHAT! Thanks to Brian for the pic. You can get yours at Class Act Movie Posters.

January 4, 2000 - Michael Corcoran in today's Austin American Statesman couldn't get much info on Sandra's New Year's Eve bash. However, Sandra will be on the cover of April's Premiere magazine!...

I was really counting on Sandra Bullock's big bash to fill this space with big bold-faced names, but I haven't been able to find a single person who was there. Since the hostess flew in security and catering from L.A., and had the hired help (including houseband The Scabs) sign nondisclosure agreements, there's almost no chance of leakage. But I did talk to a woman whose friend was there and she said that with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman a couple of no-shows, the biggest star of the night was Bullock's Texas limestone mansion. Asked when the house will be finished (said to be a sore spot with Sandy), builder Benny Daneshjou wouldn't comment beyond saying that things are progressing as planned.

Let's close the books on that one and move onto a Bullock item that can be confirmed. Sweet Sandy will be on the cover of the April issue of Premiere to promote her rehab flick "28 Days." The photos were taken at the old Kreuz barbecue in Lockhart (now called Smitty's) by famed lensman Tony Duran. After the shoot, Bullock took Ben and Greg Bonnet, modeling's "Texas Twins," plus Cliff Lofton of the Acclaim agency to P.F. Chang's for dinner. According to my spy, Lofton came back a few days later with supermodel Stephanie Seymour and others.

Speaking of 28 Days, the German magazine Cinema has a pic of Sandra on the set of the movie. It's from their 2000 movie preview, which I mentioned earlier. Thanks to Tobi, I added the pic to Page 16.

January 6, 2000 - Tonight's Entertainment Tonight debuted the trailer for 28 Days, and it looks excellent! Sandra looked so hot, so cute, so FINE! Thanks to Brian for the info. Good thing I taped it. I'll try to get some pics from it tomorrow. So I guess you can look out for it in theaters as early as this weekend. A good bet would be to possibly see it before Girl Interrupted next week, since they're both Sony movies. By the way, here's the official site for the movie, which was printed on the poster.

January 7, 2000 - I did made a collage of 28 Days pics from yesterday's episode of Entertainment Tonight. Check that out on Page 16.

January 11, 2000 - The February issue of Glamour magazine has a cool pic of Sandra with Viggo Mortensen in an article about upcoming duos in the movies. I added the pic to Page 16. Here's what it says about them. Thanks to Annette for the pic and info!

Not your typical date movie, but with these two, it's got to be hot. If Bullock can get a rise out of Keanu Reeves on screen, she's got our vote. And in last year's '60's drama 'A Walk on the Moon', Mortensen made a summer of love with Diane Lane.

January 14, 2000 - The January 21-28 issue of Entertainment Weekly has a small yet old pic of Sandra on the cover. Inside, there's a short 28 Days preview, and a small pic of Sandra, Azura Skye and director Betty Thomas on the set of the movie. Thanks to Derek for the info. I added a scan of the pic to Page 16.

January 20, 2000 - According to the official 28 Days site, the movie will carry a PG-13 rating. Thanks Derek.

January 24, 2000 - The official 28 Days site says that the release date has been pushed UP one week to April 7th! Thanks to Derek for the info!

January 25, 2000 - The 28 Days trailer is now available at Loew's Trailerpark. As always, it comes in three sizes to download...
Economy 8.1MB
Standard 12MB
Deluxe 13.8MB

January 27, 2000 - Popcorn.co.uk has a short article on the official 28 Days website. It mentions that Sony just added trailers to the site. Thanks to Claire for the article. Here are links to the 2 trailers at Sony's website.
Lo-res 7.3MB
Hi-res 17.1MB
I really recommend downloading the hi-res version. It is A LOT better than the "Deluxe" trailer at Loew's Cineplex.

February 13, 2000 - The current issue of Entertainment Weekly has their Spring movie preview. There's a small pic of Sandra on the cover. Inside, there's a blurb on 28 Days with a cool pic attatched. And in another article about The Tonight Show, there's a pic of Sandra with Jay Leno promoting Speed 2 (I think). Those are the three pics I sdded to Page 16.

Sandra is mentioned a few of times in the March issue of Movieline. There's an interview with 28 Days star Azura Skye, and they asked her if Sandra took her out Salsa dancing... "Yes. She's an amazing dancer. She rented out a restaurant, brought in a band from Texas, and had a party for the cast and crew. We danced all night." Page 28 has a pic and mentions the old rumors about Sandra playing Wonder Woman.Page 92 also has a pic and mentions Bob Schneider being on the Gun Shy soundtrack. It also says that he's rumored to be on the 28 Days soundtrack too. Thanks to Di for the Movieline info!

February 19, 2000 - D'oh! The recently redesigned official 28 Days website now says that the movie will be out April 14th, which was it's orginal releaste date. Thanks to Derek for the info!

February 25, 2000 - The release dates for 28 Days in Iceland and the Netherlands have been pushed back.

February 29, 2000 - Movieweb has their 28 Days page up. Right now, all they have is one pic of Sandra.

March 10, 2000 - The current issue of Creative Screenwriting magazine has an interview with 28 Days writer Susannah Grant, who also wrote Erin Brokovich. In the interview, she talked about how she came about writing both movies, and the changes she made during the process. It contains a few spoilers, including a really major one near the end of the movie. There is also a review of her 28 Days script that includes excerpts from it. There's only one pic of Sandra from the movie, which I added to Page 17. Since Sandra isn't on the front, here's a small scan of the cover to let you know what to look for. The cover price is $6.95. Thanks to Di for the info!

March 14, 2000 - The official 28 Days website has a sweepstakes to win a bunch of free stuff from their sponsors.
The Sony pictures site did a webcast from the ShoWest convention, which featured an interview with Sandra. The archived webcast should be on the site soon. They also have another 28 Days site that includes pics and a behind the scenes video. Thanks to all who let me know about it.

March 17, 2000 - Yes, today is 28 days until 28 Days hits theaters! The webmaster of this 28 Days page recently saw the movie and posted a positive review giving it 4 stars.