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Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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SnoopyStyle April Epner (Helen Hunt) is happily newly-married to Ben (Matthew Broderick). The 39-year-old teacher was adopted by Jewish mother Trudy and is desperate to have a child of her own. She hates that everybody is pushing for her to adopt. Ben leaves her and Trudy dies. Frank (Colin Firth) is the father of one of her students who is taken with her. His wife had left him to travel the globe with her boyfriend. April is contacted by her daytime talkshow host biological mother Bernice Graves (Bette Midler) who claims her father to be movie star Steve McQueen. Then April discovers that she's pregnant with Ben's baby.This is Helen Hunt's theatrical directing debut. There are some issues with flow and tone. April is a middle age Jewish New Yorker but older Helen Hunt has tended towards white trailer trash. There are opportunities for comedy especially with Midler but Hunt doesn't always play along. Hunt is better dramatically at that point. Even in Mad About You, she was the straight man and the infuriated wife. There is also a weird cameo by Salman Rushdie as the doctor. It's a little head-scratching. The role could have given small jolts of comedy but instead, it's a lot of "I didn't know he acted." Certainly, there is a workmanship to Hunt's directing but there are also issues.

Mistrcoffe I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I thought I was a fan of Colin Firth but found that NOW I am a fan. I had no trouble believing he was his character. I think he expressed the confused and conflicting emotions that his trauma would create. Helen Hunt was in her element playing an intelligent emotional woman. I have loved Bette Midler since The Divine Miss M show in the 70's and she was stellar again. I enjoyed Ben Shenkmen quite a bit especially since the last pic I saw him in was Must Love Dogs where he played the shallow misogynist so well. I think if you are a fan of any of the cast and/or like movies that have points that relate to the real world it is well worth your time.

gelman@attglobal.net If "Then She Found Me" got any real notice when it came out, it certainly passed by me. I didn't know what to expect when I chose the streaming video version, mainly because I've always liked Helen Hunt, and she's backed by a pretty impressive cast. Although it's certainly no blockbuster, the film is well worth seeing. Since it is immediately disclosed, I don't feel I'm spoiling anything in saying that Hunt plays the part of an adopted woman whose marriage at age 39 fails almost immediately because her groom (Matthew Broderick) is completely immature. Hunt's character (April Hepner) is unexpectedly confronted by her birth mother (Bette Midler) and also finds herself in a potentially romantic relationship with Frank (Colin Firth), a single father with two children whose wife left the family to travel around the world with her lover. April desperately wants to have a child, and time is quickly running out. Complications ensue on several fronts -- with her birth mother, with the husband from whom she is separated, and with Frank and Frank's kids. Hunt directed this film and co-wrote the script. Although she's a little old to be 39 again, she's still slim, beautiful, a skilled comic actress and believable in a serious, emotionally wrenching role. I can't give the movie more than a 6 but I liked it. The ending, which I won't describe, is plausible but a little too abrupt. However, I'll concede that filling the gap could not have been done quickly. And that's a potent argument for ending it without an explanation as they chose to do.

Maz Murdoch (asda-man) "Then She Found Me" opens as something we've all seen before. Some sort of crazy Jew ceremonies (don't worry I'm not antisemitic) we've seen religious antics in all types of romcoms whether it be in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", the wonderful "Sixty Six" or even in the opening of "Schindler's List" (not a romcom but nevertheless brilliant) and so we know what we've let ourselves in for. An average trip down predictable lovers lane. The plot is outlined in our heads already. Woman single, woman finds someone she likes, woman falls out with her fancy man due to complications, woman eventually marries love interest with some good humour and various subplots inbetween. Yep, that's basically what we've got here only we've got a long lost mum (or 'mom') thrown into the entertaining mix as well as our hero's quest for pregnancy.So we know it's predictable like most romcoms but "The She Found Me" is saved by the hilarious Bette Mudler who I would happily watch any film for. Not only is Miss Midler a talented actress and singer, but she has perfect comic timing and so gets all the best lines and rightly so! Bette Midler is the saviour of this piece and I don't think she's in it enough! Whenever our dear Bette is off screen we're just praying for her to make a return and on this occasion she plays an interfering yet endearing mother who magically reappears in a rather rough looking Helen Hunt's life.Helen has had a big trial during this film, not only being the main star of the film (even though Bette steals that from her) but she also wrote the screenplay (with two others so they probably did all the work) and also directed it! Helen the actress is OK, she has won an Oscar but didn't deserve it, Helena Bonham Carter was the worthy winner in that line-up but as Helen's the only yankee doodle dandy there, she has to win it doesn't she! Anyway, yeah she's OK, nothing special, she's actually quite an annoying character which isn't always a good thing. Helen the writer is good on the one-liners (if she wrote them) but not so good on the story development. Finally, Helen the director is very average, though there isn't much flare to direct with within a romantic comedy.Oh, and we also have our dear King of England, Bertie Firth (or is it Colin?) King George anyway, he's playing an English idiot who Helen quite fancies. Colin's character isn't particularly likable either so him and Helen are suited for each other.Overall, this is the type of film where you can put your knickers on the radiator, heat them up, put them on, get all comfy on your one-seater sofa with the massaging back (I have no idea what I'm typing here!) And get ready for some predictable heart-felt, cosy romcom with a few belly laughs amongst the mostly unlikable characters. Best enjoyed with a mug of chips.