Then She Found Me
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56 out of 100

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4.8 out of 10

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  • Starring: Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Helen Hunt
  • Summary: Adapted from Elinor Lipman’s novel of the same name, Helen Hunt makes her feature directing debut with Then She Found Me, a touching story of schoolteacher April Epner and her very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband and the death of her adopopted mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth mother, who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students, only to find that the mystery to life's questions cannot be solved by a simple revelation. (THINKFilm)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 27
  3. Negative: 3 out of 27
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    90
    A smart, subtle and seriously funny dramedy bound to find favor with sophisticated auds.
  2. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: David Denby
    80
    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.
  3. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Marc Mohan
    58
    The plot, as hinted, goes strictly by the "How April Got Her Groove Back" book, but it must be said that the performances push it a notch above pedestrian.
  4. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    38
    This is the sort of movie that gives "chick flicks" a bad name. It's a cross between inept melodrama and a bad sit-com.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 8 out of 19
  1. AlaneS.
    10
    Well acted.
  2. JakeB.
    8
    As far as I'm concerned, Helen Hunt makes every movie she's in worth watching. When it counts, the emotions are there, the characters are true to life, the personal anguish and triumphs resonate. Ms. Hunt: make more movies!… Expand
  3. Phoebe
    7
    not that bad. good for weeknight.
  4. TonyB.
    4
    Has its moments, but they are few and far between,

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