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28 May 2004 (USA) moreTagline:
Helen help us.Plot:
After her sister and brother-in-law die in a car accident, a young woman becomes the guardian of their three children. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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How to lose the will to live in two hours more (96 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kate Hudson | ... | Helen Harris | |
| John Corbett | ... | Pastor Dan Parker | |
| Joan Cusack | ... | Jenny Portman | |
| Hayden Panettiere | ... | Audrey Davis | |
| Spencer Breslin | ... | Henry Davis | |
| Abigail Breslin | ... | Sarah Davis | |
| Helen Mirren | ... | Dominique | |
| Sakina Jaffrey | ... | Nilma Prasad | |
| Kevin Kilner | ... | Ed Portman | |
| Felicity Huffman | ... | Lindsay Davis | |
| Sean O'Bryan | ... | Paul Davis | |
| Amber Valletta | ... | Martina | |
| Ethan Browne | ... | Devon | |
| Michael Esparza | ... | BZ | |
| Katie Carr | ... | Caitlin |
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Rated PG-13 for thematic issues involving teens.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
119 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Malaysia:U | Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | Ireland:12 | Finland:K-3 | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40251) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:AL | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | UK:PGFun Stuff
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The Referee for Pastor Dan's Hockey game is introduced as former Olympic skater Scotty Buttons. His name is a combination of the names Scott Hamilton and Dick Button. Both Hamilton and Button were past Gold Medal winners in the Olympics for the United States. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Helen stops at the magazine stand and sees Tinka on the front of the magazine, her bag moves from her shoulder to her arm depending on which camera angle it is taken from. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Club Doorman: What we got here; 1,2,3,4 - 4 beautiful ladies. Come on. Cesar let them in. Nice. Not you, too random.
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You know when your mum's about to reveal a long-buried embarrassment from your past to your new girlfriend or when your old man heads towards the dance floor at a family wedding? That's the feeling you get from watching this movie.
A young woman learns about responsibility from her dead sister's deadly dull kids. Hold the front page. She meets a nice guy but plays it cool. Hold the next page. The teenage girl has a couple of tantrums, the cute moppet learns to tie her shoelaces and the tubby middle kid sort of mopes around a bit. Hold everything and dump the whole issue.
The sentiments and dialogue are so far off the pulse that you can see the liver spots. How could that happen with a hip 'n' groovy director like 70-year-old Garry Marshall? Ah...
Vanilla stars like Hudson and John Corbett don't help, but Joan Cusack can usually be relied upon to put a spark into the dreariest of scripts. Sadly, even she can't rouse this script victim from its coma.