I Don't Know How She Does It
User Score
3.7 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 23
  3. Negative: 9 out of 23

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  1. Bart
    Sep 17, 2011
    0
    My wife made me go see this, and it was awful at best. Horse faced SJP needs to retire. All the years of 'cute' head tilting and looks no longer holds any magic or interest for viewers. It would have been more enjoyable to stay at home and eat a pool of my own vomit than watch this film. No entertainment value at all, just a vanity piece SJP did for herself trying to pretend she is still young and attractive, which she is well passed.… Expand
  2. allmovies
    Jan 8, 2012
    4
    Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Munn and Christina Hendricks star in I Don't Know How She Does It, a comedy from director Douglas McGrath (Emma, Infamous) and producer Donna Gigliotti (The Reader, Let Me In). Based on the critically acclaimed bestseller by Allison Pearson, I Don't Know How She Does It follows a Boston-based working mother trying desperately to juggle marriage, children, and a high-stress job.… Expand
  3. tillyho
    Sep 22, 2011
    0
    Absolutely Terrible all people involved in this movie should retire to President Nixons Island Party But seriously it was that bad id rather climb a mountain of people poop

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Metascore
38 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 31
  3. Negative: 11 out of 31
  1. Slate
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    Sep 17, 2011
    40
    I Don't Know How She Does It feels like a relic from the "Sex and the City" boom times. If there were even a passing nod to economic reality - for example, an acknowledgement that not all stay-at-home mothers are pampered trophy wives who live at the gym - this self-satisfied domestic comedy might not leave behind such a tinny taste.
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  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Mary Elizabeth Williams
    Sep 16, 2011
    40
    The major drawback of I Don't Know How She Does It, however, is Parker herself. She seems pathologically drawn to characters who don't possess believable flaws or complications -- just annoying tics.
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  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Jody Mitori
    Sep 16, 2011
    50
    Like its main character, I Don't Know How She Does It tries to do everything, but it doesn't quite succeed.
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