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Raising Helen (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 124

Fresh: 27

Rotten:97

Average Rating: 4.6/10

Consensus: As shallow and formulaic as a sitcom.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for thematic issues involving teens

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release: May 28, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $37,379,556

Synopsis: In this heartwarming comedy from director Garry Marshall ("Runaway Bride," "The Princess Diaries"), Helen Harris (Academy Award� nominee KATE HUDSON) is living the life she always dreamed of. Her career at a top Manhattan modeling... [More]

Starring: Kate Hudson, Hayden Panettiere, Abigail Breslin, Spencer Breslin

Director: Garry Marshall

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Oct 12, 2004

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10/18/08

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08/07/08

Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Yet another social fable about women in distress from Gary Marshall with no foundation in any reality and a mannered, irritating performance from Kate Hudson.

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08/07/07

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

A sort of updated Pretty Woman into homework rather than hooking.

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05/21/07

Prairie Miller

Long Island Press

Satisfying only because of Joan Cusack's sterling performance. Will somebody please give that actress a starring role in her own vehicle?

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05/02/07

Kam Williams

Princeton Town Topics

As far as heartwarming comedies go, this one has all the parts necessary: the heart, the warmth, and the comedy.

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11/01/06

CT Staff

Christianity Today

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05/26/06

Jeffrey M. Anderson

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02/09/06

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12/06/05

Film Threat

...a drippy, maudlin, melodramatic, semi-romantic, sometimes comedy.

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10/11/04

John J. Puccio

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10/07/04

Tony Medley

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Tries to tell in excruciating detail the stories of at least six characters, but succeeds in showing us they are only cardboard cutouts.

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09/16/04

Mark Collette

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

The latest urban fairy tale from Pretty Woman's Marshall sees the director continue his descent into underwritten schmaltz at the expense of genuine wit and warmth.

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08/28/04

Liz Beardsworth

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08/28/04

Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

It's parenthood through rose-colored glasses.

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08/13/04

Mark Sells

Oregon Herald

Truly means well but, as box office goes, is too condescending and pre-fab to mean very much.

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08/08/04

Doris Toumarkine

Film Journal International

...sweet-as-Splenda Garry Marshall pipedream...

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06/28/04

Lori Hoffman

Atlantic City Weekly

A gift-wrapped view of pathos -- so sanitized it�s almost creepy.

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06/16/04

Mark Palermo

Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

This isn't funny enough or dramatic enough.

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06/15/04

Stella Papamichael

BBC

...a warm fuzzy...

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06/09/04

Tony Toscano

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