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Then She Found Me (2007) -- This is the theatrical trailer for Then She Found Me, directed by Helen Hunt.
Then She Found Me (2007) -- Clip: Bernice's dressing room
Then She Found Me (2007) -- Helen Hunt talks with TheShowBuzz about her feature directorial debut "Then She Found Me," which she also stars in along with Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick and Colin Firth.
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Then She Found Me (2007) -- Clip: April asks Frank out

Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   3,569 votes
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Director:
Helen Hunt
Writers:
Alice Arlen (screenplay) and
Victor Levin (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
1 May 2008 (Israel) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Life can change in a heartbeat. more
Plot:
A New York schoolteacher hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her biological mother... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
Hooray for Helen Hunt more
US TV Schedule:
Tue. July 219:00 PMLIFE   

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and some sexual content.
Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Hebrew
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:R | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | UK:15 | Finland:K-7 | Netherlands:AL | Ireland:15A | Singapore:PG (cut) | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Mexico:B

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Trivia:
When Tim Robbins directed his first feature film, Bob Roberts (1992), Helen Hunt appeared in a brief cameo as a television news reporter. When Hunt made her feature directorial debut with this film, Robbins returned the favor and appears briefly as one of the interviewees on the Bette Midler character's talk show. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: Barbetta is on 46th between 8th and 9th. Traffic goes west to east. But when they come out of the restaurant and walk to the car (which would be going east) the cars are all parked going west, and April backs her car up from west to east. There are also no clothing boutiques along that stretch of the street. And the cosmetic counter where Bernice says she worked would not be towards the Hudson where she points. more
Quotes:
April Epner: I know what I did to you, to you in particular. Kinda worst nightmare kind of thing, right? I knew that. Even at the time I knew that.
Frank: What else?
April Epner: I'll do it again, I will, I'll hurt you again and again. Not like that, you'd have to leave me if I hurt you like that. If we were together you would leave me if I hurt you like that again, wouldn't you?
Frank: Yes. Yes, I would.
April Epner: Good. But I'll hurt you in other ways, little ways, I won't mean to but I will. And sometimes I will mean to.
Frank: This is quite an offer you've worked out.
April Epner: You'll hurt me too, you know. You'll hurt me and change on me, you might even leave me after you promise you won't, how about that?
Frank: I wouldn't.
April Epner: But you might.
Frank: But I wouldn't.
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Movie Connections:
Features Le Mans (1971) more
Soundtrack:
For You more

FAQ

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37 out of 53 people found the following comment useful:-
Hooray for Helen Hunt, 15 April 2008
10/10
Author: James J Cremin (jjcremin@yahoo.com) from Los Angeles, CA

Actually, it's very unlikely if "Then She Found Me" will take in the bucks that a new James Bond or Indiana Jones movie might do. But I just saw an advanced screening last night through Film Independent with Hunt present for q and a. I must say I was extremely satisfied. A chick flick this is, but it's a masterful one and I highly recommend it. Gestating for ten years, she took the plunge as co-producer, co-writer, played the lead character and made her directorial feature debut of this tale of broken trusts and betrayals.

I will do my best not to reveal any spoilers as there are many surprises here and probably best seen without even seeing the trailer. I will say there's a strong Jewish theme that the novel this was based on had and Hunt saw no reason to change that. In fact, atonement is very big in the Jewish faith. It starts off with her getting married to Matthew Broderick and we quickly find out that he's totally pathetic and selfish.

Hunt gets outstanding performances from Colin Firth and Bette Midler whose own characters have their own baggage that Hunt's character is forced to deal with. That in itself is what makes "Then She Found Me" so refreshing. We human beings are so imperfectly perfect and the issues the players here play with are quite believable. On top of everything else, Helen Hunt's character has a baby time clock and she's no longer a spring chicken.

As an actress, she is as good as she was in "As Good As It Gets". Actually, there is some "borrowed" dialog towards the ending from that, but that's a moot point. It's perfectly acceptable to repeat what one has done before especially if it was done well. How many times has Woody Allen copied himself and seems to get more self centered each time? With this film, Helen Hunt has proved a woman can also make an excellent film of fractured relationships, a genre he did help invent.

In closing, I do hope this film gets the attention it deserves. Like a lot of geeks, I sit through a lot of films and most disappoint or I find myself looking at my watch. Not so with this one, I found this to be very insightful and entertaining.

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