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List Price: $27.98 | | Label: THINKFILM
Salesrank: 1167
Released: September 2, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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.
Description of Then She Found Me:
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
Then She Found Me Reviews:
Happy I found this film 
2008-10-09 - I really enjoyed this movie. I thought it was very well written and each actor gave a wonderful performance. I'm glad Helen Hunt was finally able to get this story on film. Bravo!
Horrible movie! 
2008-10-09 - I have always been a huge fan of both Helen Hunt and Bette Midler so I thought that a movie with them together had to be a winner. Big mistake on my part! I was and still shocked by the screenplay's continual negative reference to international adoption. The movie's dialogue has constant commentary about "no, I don't want a Chinese baby". As an adoptive parent, I am painfully aware that not everyone understands my choice or how international adoption works but I found the commentary offensive. I cannot recommend this movie to anyone!
Bette rules!
2008-10-03 - Bette Midler and Helen Hunt get the message across that it's not easy being a family but it's always possible no matter the circumstances. Together they put on a really great show, hope to see more of them.
then she found herself? 
2008-10-03 - 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.
Can it get worse ?
2008-09-26 - This movie is so gosh awful it's hard to put in words.
The story is so scripted. No emotion or relaity in it at all.
Helen Hunt walks around looking like a total hag with a wrinkled brow (she looks well over 50 when she is supposed to be playing a 39 year old. And skinny! What happened to her?) I did not like her character at all. AT ALL!!
There is no chemistry between her character and Colin Firth's .. It's ridiculous. And I hated the way she treated her birth mother.
Can you tell me ONE possible motive for someone to lie about being someone's mother?? That is just stupid.
Bette Midler is lovely but I am embarrassed for her that she took part in this total dog of a film.
