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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0014381494723
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: THINKFILM
Manufacturer: THINKFILM
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: THINKFILM
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 02, 2008
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 4039
Studio: THINKFILM
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Product Description:
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.
Amazon.com:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Watchable but hardly believable
I haven't read the novel this movie is based on, so I cannot comment on this film adaptation. The movie is watchable, but I find a number of aspects somewhat hard to believe. First of all, Helen Hunt looks way too old in the movie even to be playing a person who is almost too old to have a baby. She is really in her mid 40s and was playing someone who was supposed to be 39, but she looked more like 50. Second, the intitial interaction between April and her biological mother doesn't seem very believable. Third, the Broderick chataceter doesn't seem very believeable as a teacher. He doesn't seem like a teacher and apparently just walks off the job to go live with his mom. Fourth, April seems like she doesn't go to work very much for a teacher. After the first few scenes in the movie, she seems to be everywhere but school during the day. Fifth, the relationship between April and the father of her student seems a little quick and odd. Finally, April's desire to have a kid of her own at almost all costs seems a little unbelievable. Anyway, if you can get past all of these things, the movie is watchable.
Rating:  - Quiet movie with awesome acting
I found this movie at my local library and when I saw the great cast I thought I'd give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised. It is a quiet movie about characters but the plot had some surprising twists that were very realistic. The acting was the great part. Everyone (Helen Hunt, Matthew Broderick, Colin Firth, Bette Midler, Alan Shenkmen)were extraordinary. I really give Bette Midler kudos for not being over the top. She was spot on with her character and a breath of fresh air to watch. I recommend this movie.
Rating: - As Good "As Good As It Gets" (and Maybe Better)!
An absolute gem of a movie. If you like RomDramComs you will LOVE this one. My favorite movie of the year. Of the last five years. And please, let's stop with the "chick flick" stuff. If a movie's good, it's good. "Saving Private Ryan" was great. "Then She Found Me" is great. The crackling dialogue between Hunt-Firth-Midler is more than worth the price of admission!
Rating:  - Not your typical Hollywood comedy - lots of heart and some tears
This is a comedy that does not ask you to suspend your belief and laugh at contrived situations. Each one of the characters - Hunt (a 39 year old childless women who was dumped by her husband but who still longs for a biological child of her own), Firth (a divorced father of two young children who is still recovering from his failed marriage), Broderick (an immature ex-husband who does not know what he wants), and Midler (a local celebrity who is doing all she can to gain the acceptance and love of her daughter whom she had abandoned during infancy) are flawed in their own ways. Yet, I can empathize with each one of them and find them all likable. The plot is different and in my opinion richer and better and more realistic than that of the typical Hollywood comedy. What makes this a good movie is that I do care what happens to each of the characters! The bittersweet situations in the movie were just the icing on the cake.
Rating: - "Jump And I'll Catch You" ~ And They Lived ...?
After watching the '07 attempt at romantic comedy `Then She Found Me' I can only assume the moral of the story is that `happily ever after' is no longer the goal in a relationship. It has now been replaced by the more realistic and they lived `somewhat content for the time being'. Yes, in my estimation the film is indeed that cynical and pessimistic. This assumption on my part is further supported by the Jewish joke told at the beginning and end of the movie. It's about a trusting child being told by his Father to jump off a high step only to be allowed to fall instead of being caught by his Dad as promised. What's the lesson? I guess it's something like even the ones you love the most will let you down, or worse, don't trust anyone.
Needless to say I didn't enjoy this film despite the presence of the usually charming Colin Firth and the always vulnerable, girl-next-door Helen Hunt. On the positive side there are some unexpectedly unique twists and turns in both storyline and dialogue but it's not enough to save this overall dismal film. Oh yeah, I liked Bette Midler in this one, thought I'd never say that about her in anything.
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