Then She Found Me

Then She Found Me
by Helen Hunt

Then She Found Me
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Actor: Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Helen Hunt, Matthew Broderick, Salman Rushdie
Director: Helen Hunt
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-02
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: THINKFILM

Movie Reviews of Then She Found Me

Movie Review: Okay but stereotypical
Summary: 2 Stars

This film was saved by Bette Midler who injects humour, wisdom and fun as the biological mother, Bernice. Helen Hunt who plays April Ebner I am afraid to say looked drab and depressing. The film also just trotted out the old cliche of "panicking woman with biological clock ticking" format. The scenes with Colin Firth are dull and the conversation is stilted and it was a bit cringy watching. I read that many feminists are lauding this as an excellent portrayal of motherhood but I disagree. There seems to be, in April's desperate attempts at motherhood, very little airplay for ethical issues such as the child's right to having a father. There is no mention of this just the "I want a baby!" cry from April. The panicking was depressing. I felt actually a bit down after this movie because I think there are many women out there who are happily producing children in their late thirties and into their forties. The boundaries are being pushed constantly and yet here is a film that just uses the panicked woman as its protagonist. I don't see that as innovative for motherhood or even pertinent in this era.

Summary of Then She Found Me

An all-star cast with memorable performances by Helen Hunt, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler and Colin Firth powers this smart, funny drama about love and destiny. Desperate to start a family, schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) is thrown into confusion when she is unexpectedly abandoned by her husband (Broderick). She gets another shock when she meets her unusual birth mother (Midler), a self-centered talk show host who's not exactly the ideal mom. At first she rejects her, along with the attentions of a divorced dad (Firth), but then she begins to find her life opening up in ways she had never imagined.
Like all the most intriguing titles, Then She Found Me lends itself to multiple interpretations. Does "she" refer to New York talk-show host Bernice (Bette Midler, in a welcome return to the screen), the self-proclaimed birth parent who enters the life of schoolteacher April (Oscar winner Helen Hunt) upon the death of her adoptive mother? Or does the pronoun refer to April, who meets divorced dad Frank (Colin Firth) the day her marriage to co-worker Ben (Matthew Broderick) comes to an abrupt halt? The surprising conclusion to Hunt's directorial debut suggests a third interpretation. In adapting Elinor Lipman's novel, Hunt treads well-worn ground, but does so with grace and sensitivity. When Ben walks out on his 39-year-old wife, she fears he's left with her chances of having a baby. As much as she enjoyed her childhood, April would prefer not to adopt, and with the support of her non-adopted brother, Freddy (Ben Shenkman), she struggles to reconcile her warm feelings towards the awkward Frank with her chilly reaction to the slippery Bernice. Though April has a hard time imagining they could be related, the teacher and the TV personality both want children in their lives, so it's not as if they lack a common bond. When April finds out she's pregnant, further complications ensue. Though Then She Found Me circles Lifetime movie-of-the-week territory, Hunt resists the urge to smooth away her characters' rough edges, investing her film with the crackle of real life. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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