Then She Found Me (2008)
55 %
Reviews Counted: 88 Fresh: 48 Rotten:40 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Consensus:
A threadbare story anchored by strong performances, Then She Found Me is a mostly successful directorial debut by Helen Hunt.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Theatrical Release: Apr 25, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $3,728,972
Synopsis: The move from actor to director can be a difficult one, but actress Helen Hunt makes the transition seem effortless with THEN SHE FOUND ME. Hunt, who also produced and cowrote the film, plays April Epner, a down-on-her-luck schoolteacher who longs to have a child. April's chances of bringing a... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick, Ben Shankman
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07/16/08
Top Critic
About the most interesting thing about this uninteresting nervous dramedy is the casting of controversial writer Salman Rushdie as a gynecologist.
06/15/08
Then She Found Me is a commendable but not very exciting feature-directing debut by actress Helen Hunt. Although she wields most of the creative power on the film she doesn't turn this into a vanity project.
06/08/08
The overt stylistic flourishes are so few that they have a special impact, particularly the moment when the camera slowly tracks towards April after she receives a piece of devastating news.
06/07/08
Both role and movie fit [Hunt] as comfortable as a favorite bathrobe, and she wins us over long before the final tiny twist of the ending.
06/06/08
... might be viewed as a symptom of a Hollywood system in which women of a certain age are devalued and ignored.
06/06/08
Resembles a heartfelt but out-of-tune karaoke version of 'I Am Woman'.
06/05/08
The material isn't much different from a Woody Allen film, but, unfortunately, the execution is.
06/04/08
To its credit, this is a romantic comedy with a more serious side than most. But in her seriousness, Hunt loses sight of the need for laughter.
05/28/08
Other than perhaps being a little long in the tooth to have Colin Firth's character convincingly going gaga over her, Helen Hunt has done a decent job of directing a 'chick flick' which ought to be a hit with the distaff demographic.
05/25/08
Helen Hunt stars in, directed and co-wrote Then She Found Me, and she handles each chore beautifully.
05/23/08
As unhealthy-looking as a Dust Bowl migrant in a Dorothea Lange portrait, Hunt appears to have wandered onto the set in hopes of finding something to chew.
05/23/08
Looking an anorexic 15 years older than her character, she grabs onto her role with a grim, two-fisted attack. While the supporting cast in this dramedy swims toward comedy, Hunt drowns in tragedy.
05/22/08
As Then She Found Me moves along it takes on some of the same sweet, loopy tone of Waitress and the story has a similar arc. It doesn't have the lush, dreamy look of Waitress (or its sounds) but it felt just as satisfying.
05/22/08
It's a romantic "dramedy" that treads some familiar ground, but does so smartly and thoughtfully.
05/19/08
Suffers from, if anything, a lack of pure confidence in the story, the actors or the audience.
05/16/08
Top Critic
An uneasy mix of Baby Mama, My Big Fat Greek Wedding and a few of Woody Allen's domestic comedies, and is even messier than that makes it sound.
05/16/08
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After some time away from the spotlight, Helen Hunt has re-emerged as the producer, director, co-writer, and star of an...
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