THEN SHE FOUND ME (M)

Director:
Helen Hunt

Starring:
Helen Hunt
Colin Firth
Bette Midler
Matthew Broderick

Plot Summary:
A New York schoolteacher hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her real one, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.

Genre:
Comedy / Drama / Romance

Duration:
100 Minutes

Origin:
U.S.A.

Language:
English / Hebrew (Some Subtitles)

Reviews:
"There’s a warmth and intelligence here which sets it aside from most other romantic comedies around.”
DAVID STRATTON. ABC AT THE MOVIES.

Variety
A smart, subtle and seriously funny dramedy bound to find favor with sophisticated auds.

The New Yorker
With the screenwriters Alice Arlen and Victor Levin, Hunt adapted the story from a 1990 novel by Elinor Lipman, and has turned the material into a fine, tense, unpredictable comedy of mixed-up emotions and sudden illuminations.

Chicago Tribune
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.

New York Post
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.

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

TV Guide
This is Hunt's show, and she delivers a strong performance that captures all the seriousness and absurdity of the avalanche of circumstances that comes crashing down on April's head. To say she's only half the director she is an actress is actually paying her quite a complement.

San Francisco Chronicle
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.

The Hollywood Reporter
With subtle laughs but solid emotional thrust, it will play very well with older audiences.

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