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Then She Found Me (2007)

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 116
Fresh: 58 | Rotten: 58

A threadbare story anchored by strong performances, Then She Found Me is a mostly successful directorial debut by Helen Hunt.

Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 12

A threadbare story anchored by strong performances, Then She Found Me is a mostly successful directorial debut by Helen Hunt.

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Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt makes her feature directorial debut with this adaptation of Elinor Lipman's best-selling novel about a Philadelphia schoolteacher (Hunt) whose long-lost birth mother (Bette Midler) reappears at the very moment her daughter is careening into a midlife crisis. Abandoned by her husband (Matthew Broderick) and still grieving the death of her adoptive mother, the emotionally fragile teacher enters into a relationship with the father of one of her students just

R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Helen Hunt

Written By: Helen Hunt, Victor Levin, Alice Arlen

In Theaters: Sep 7, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Sep 2, 2008

Box Office:$3.7M

ThinkFilm

Unexpectedly sharp, light and appealing; a testament to Hunt's skills behind the camera.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Carina Chocano

Los Angeles Times

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From the looks of things, the actors were simply let loose as themselves.

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Christy DeSmith

Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Suffers from, if anything, a lack of pure confidence in the story, the actors or the audience.

May 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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John Anderson

Washington Post

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Hunt draws some good performances from the cast and wisely chose a low-key personal story for her directorial debut.

May 9, 2008 Full Review Source: USA Today

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Claudia Puig

USA Today

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A few plot turns too many undermine Helen Hunt's Then She Found Me, and that's too bad, because Hunt shows some nice touches here both in front of and behind the camera.

May 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Detroit News

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Tom Long

Detroit News

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It's the kind of film that practically invites you to forget about it two days after you've seen it.

May 5, 2008 Comment

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

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Trying to establish a serio-comic tone is a task best suited for seasoned directors. Given that a boom microphone drops into the film frame at least twice, Hunt has more basic production elements to master.

October 18, 2008 Comment

Susan Tavernetti

Palo Alto Weekly

Everyone acts decently and you have to praise Hunt for her tenacity. But this suffers from some fairly dire cinematography and a manufactured air that prevents the watcher connecting to the whole thing.

September 19, 2008 Full Review Source: This is London

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Derek Malcolm

This is London

Hunt's lovely voice, pitched in that diurnal-dizzy limbo between mezzo and soprano, is perfect for mid-life crisis. So is her gawky, strung-out, tragicomical body language.

September 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Financial Times

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

The loudest laughs in this "serious comedy" came from three brief appearances by author Salman Rushdie as a doctor.

September 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Sun Online

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Sun Online

Given its cast and source material - Elinor Lipman's highly-regarded novel - it all makes for a highly disappointing experience.

September 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK]

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David Edwards

Daily Mirror [UK]

Unendurable American middle-aged whingeing.

September 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK]

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Christopher Tookey

Daily Mail [UK]

It's not going to cause too much of a stir but it left me wanting to see what else she can do, so I am already looking forward to her next film.

September 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Heart 106.2

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Heart 106.2

All in all, not quite as good as it gets.

September 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Total Film

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Neil Smith

Total Film

This is not without its attractions - an occasionally waspishly witty script and some unexpected dramatic tangents - but the characters never seem more than a casually bagged collection of tics and mannerisms.

September 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Sky Movies

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Tim Evans

Sky Movies

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If you are a romantic, you will like this movie. The main characters are all going through major changes in their lives - April's marriage is falling apart and the is 39 with no kids; Bernice is feeling left out of the daughter she gave up as an infant; Frank is having difficulty raising his kids. The movie takes all

January 22, 2012

Red Lats

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The movie has a good cast, a ton of perspectives about love, life, relationships and the seeds parents sow. If your looking for a film with acoustic guitars, family matters, and good tempo without being unrealistic then watch "Then She Found Me".

December 25, 2009