I've got to hand it to Roberts, she blew me away in this movie. She's genuine, extremely believable, and very funny. I'm not sure any other person could have pulled off the less dressin' Brockovich.

This is basically a character study. Roberts has been out of work, and finally lands a job with a private law firm. Granted, she has no law degree whatsoever, but she's a hard worker. Her biggest accomplishment was being "Miss Wichita for a year." Roberts states early in the picture that she has been divorced...twice. So you get the sense she has to be 2x's the mom.

As the movie continues, you get the idea that her works begins pulling her time away from her kids. Her young son begins to wonder why she's not at home much anymore. Roberts tells him, "we all ate dinner last night." And her son replies, "yes, but all you did was read." Roberts gets so caught up in the cover-up that she loses site of her job as a parent.

Luckily, her next door neighbor, George, more than volunteers to take care of the kids. It seems an unlikely scenario that a biker, who has only known Roberts for a few days, would get to babysit, but he comes in handy.