Then She Found Me

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  • Opened April 25, 2008 
  • 1 hr 40 min
  • R | language, and some sexual content
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • Life deals a few heavy blows to April (Helen Hunt), a 39-year-old schoolteacher. Though she is desperate for a baby, her husband (Matthew Broderick) has decided to end their brief marriage. April barely has a chance to recover from the shock, when Bernice (Bette Midler), a brassy and selfish TV personality, barges into her life, claiming to be her mother. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick, Ben Shenkman
  • Director: Helen Hunt
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Comedy, Drama

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Chicago Tribune
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A strength of Then She Found Me, from Elinor Lipman's novel, is its straightforward, uncomplicated storytelling that keeps the threads untangled and blends the everyday and the absurd with natural ease. Read full review

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New York Post
| Lou Lumenick

While there are plenty of laughs, Hunt doesn't play this for farce. Even Midler gives perhaps the most restrained, and arguably the most winning, performance of her screen career. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Ruthe Stein

The new movie shrieks of motherhood - raising hot-button issues like biological clocks running down, the rights of birth mothers and whether to adopt or give artificial insemination a shot. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
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Hunt's movie-directing debut frequently crackles with nice gags. Read full review

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Colin Firth and Helen Hunt in "Then She Found Me."