Then She Found Me
by Helen Hunt
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Actor: Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Helen Hunt, Matthew Broderick, Salman RushdieDirector: Helen Hunt
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-02
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: TF4947DVD
Studio: THINKFILM
Movie Reviews of Then She Found Me
Movie Review: "Being Helen Hunt"
Summary: 5 Stars
I would have called this movie, "The Importance of Being Helen Hunt." When you incorporate everything on the DVD, including the commentary and interviews, I felt like the entire experience of "Then She Found Me" was more like watching a documentary on the talented actor, director, and artist. On this basis, I gladly awarded five stars, which I will expain in a minute.
Limiting my commentary to just the footage, I would have awarded four stars, taking one away for how things occasionally jumped ahead way too fast, for example, when Colin's character and Helen's character first meet. They seem to progress to intimacy almost immediately, which didn't make sense given their personalities. And we didn't get much (any?) background on him. Another example is at the end, when the film takes a huge leap forward without allowing the viewer to participate. I felt like we lost what could have been a solid 20 minutes of quality character development and lovely compromise. Instead, we have to guess how these two very likable characters arrived at the most important decisions of the film.
I felt like this experience was really referendum on Helen Hunt, the actor, the ambitious artist, and the graceful storyteller. First the actor. I'm sure Hollywood has amazing technology to improve someone's appearance. OK fine. To this 40ish reviewer, Ms. Hunt looked amazing, and like most beautiful women, she looked her best whenever she was exceedingly happy (several moments), and whenever she was very unhappy (most of the balance of the movie).
The unhappiness seemed to dominate, for example when men (or birth mothers) were letting her down, and when the lonliness seemed too much to bear. At these times, her appearance was striking. When Helen takes yet another deep breath or heavy sigh in weary resignation, its as if she's carrying the woes of the world on her shoulders. It makes you want to reach through the screen and give her a hug.
The ambitious artist - if there is any message on the DVD extras its that Helen Hunt worked long and hard financially, artistically, persuasively, and courageously to make this project a reality. Hollywood is becoming so "big budget/same old thing," I can imagine all of the stereotypes she had to overcome to get this film completed.
Finally, graceful story teller. There were alot of little things making this story very endearing. I liked the script and the camera work, and I thought the three other lead actors did a wonderful job projecting their personalities into their characters.
The alert viewer will recognize the song "Naked As We Came," from Iron and Wine's "Our Endless Numbered Days" album. Its a beautiful selection if not because it fits in with the movie (until perhaps the end), but because... well its just such a wonderful song!
Overall I enjoyed the experience, and it maintained my belief that anything involving Helen Hunt will probably be high quality.
Summary of Then She Found Me
THEN SHE FOUND ME - DVD MovieLike 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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