Raising Helen
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings
- Starring: Joan Cusack, John Corbett, Kate Hudson
- Summary: Helen Harris's carefree lifestyle comes to a screeching halt when she learns that she is now responsible for her sister's three children. She comes to realize that the choice she has to make is between the life she's always loved and the new loves of her life. (Touchstone Pictures)
- Director: Garry Marshall
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Positive: 4 out of 34
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Mixed: 20 out of 34
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Negative: 10 out of 34
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70Marshall's predilection for romantic fairy tales is much in evidence, though the comedy registers in a lower key than it did in such hits as "Pretty Woman" and "Runaway Bride."
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60An undemanding dramedy.
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58Hudson's sunny, ringlet-tossing appeal fits snugly into the film's happy-homemaker ideology: She makes caring for three kids she barely knows look downright glamorous.
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38Works so hard to be inoffensive that you may well be offended.
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Positive: 11 out of 17
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Mixed: 2 out of 17
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Negative: 4 out of 17
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