Then She Found Me
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Movie Reviews of Then She Found Me
Movie Review: Interesting movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a surprisingly good movie.... Helen Hunt stars as April, and 39 year old teach whose husband Ben(played by Matthew Broderick) eaves her around the time her adoptive mother dies. About the same time her birth mother Bernice(played by Bette Midler) finds her, and proceeds to turn her life further upside down. The relationships dominate this movie: Ben wishing he hadn't left April, April meeting Frank (played by Colin Firth) who she has immediate chemistry with, April and Bernice trying to figure out how to relate to each other.
Hunt, as the director, handles it deftly and does not try to over-smooth it. The characters are raw and awkward sometimes, don't have answers or solutions, and make mistakes. Ultimately, the humanity of the movie prevents it from seeming like a made for TV movie. Well worth a watch.
Movie Review: A few laughs, a few tears and a lot of heart...
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is about half sad and half happy. It's definitely more of a chick flick, but I think single fathers might appreciate this, too. I rented it on a whim because I love Colin Firth, and I loved him in this movie...a very realistic portrayal of a single father on the edge of breaking, caring for two children all on his own. Helen Hunt did a wonderful job in her role as the main character, April (and as director). She really knows how to deliver her lines and pace her reactions. I am not at the baby fever stage yet of my life, but she drew me into her character's baby drama. I felt for her and cried when she cried. This was a very touching story. The ending was so sweet and not what I predicted at all.
Random note - Helen Hunt wasn't believeable as being 39 to me. I couldn't get over her droopy eyes and cheeks.
Movie Review: liked the movie, liked the book, 2 separate entities
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed both Elinor Lipman's book and this movie but if you've just read the book, then don't watch the movie! The two are completely separate entities. In some ways, I think the movie makes the story more believable, especially in 2008. But in other ways, it's a bit too pat. I do wonder at the choices of making such radical changes to Lipman's storyline, but Helen Hunt, Bette Midler and Colin Firth make their characters completely real so I guess it worked, at least on one level. And, as Elinor Lipman says in her blog elsewhere on this amazon site, "Honey, if I don't mind the changes, why should you?" (lol!)
Enjoy!
Movie Review: I Can Relate
Summary: 4 Stars
Then She Found Me was a unique movie that I appreciated. As an adoptee who has searched for birthfamily I could relate to this story, I appreciated the rawness and realness this story provided. Each character had a story that was heard. I would recommend this movie to anyone with experience and/or is curious about adoption and relationships within it.Movie Review: then she found herself?
Summary: 4 Stars
her mom was someone knew herself after struggling a lot.
her daughter was still on the way like her two boy friends.
so did she find herself at the end?
I'm still wondering whether she did or not.
interesting movie for my age of near and over 40s.