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- 2011
- R
- Freestyle Releasing
- 1 h 45 m
- 2011
- R
- Freestyle Releasing
- 1 h 45 m
Summary In the suburbs of Long Island, Laura Pehlke and Bob Pehlke are trapped in a loveless marriage as they struggle with the pervasive tension in the summer following 9/11. (Freestyle Releasing)
Directed By: Michael J. Weithorn
Written By: Michael J. Weithorn
- 2011
- R
- Freestyle Releasing
- 1 h 45 m
- 2011
- R
- Freestyle Releasing
- 1 h 45 m
A Little Help
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4.8
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Summary In the suburbs of Long Island, Laura Pehlke and Bob Pehlke are trapped in a loveless marriage as they struggle with the pervasive tension in the summer following 9/11. (Freestyle Releasing)
Directed By: Michael J. Weithorn
Written By: Michael J. Weithorn
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
54
29% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
62% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
It's manipulative, yes, but clever and persuasive in its manipulations.
This is one of the smarter, more honest scripts to be filmed in quite some time. And Jenna Fischer, star of "The Office," gives one of the smarter, more honest - and vulnerable, and tough - performances by an actress on the big screen in an even longer stretch.
Weithorn, a sitcom vet whose credits include "Ned and Stacey" and "The King of Queens," makes sure even the quiet moments in the unassuming "A Little Help" move things forward. And that every one of Laura's missteps is in the right direction.
A highly entertaining and richly human movie experience with a gem of a performance from Jenna Fischer.
Ultimately, the film is best appreciated as a welcome big-screen starring vehicle for Fischer, who expertly navigates the comedic and dramatic demands of a role that keeps her onscreen for virtually the entire running time.
While Fischer handles every emotional curveball, she's not helped by the film's reliance on rote notions of piecing your life back together. Is it worth putting a good actor through the screen-martyrdom wringer for a minuscule payoff?
It's not that Jenna Fischer is miscast in A Little Help. It's that she's mis-everything else: misused, misdirected, misanthropic.
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