Then She Found Me (2007)

39-year-old April Epner's childish husband and school teacher colleague Benjamin/Ben leaves her, but with her biological clock ticking ever more loudly. Her dying bossy adoptive mother is ... See full summary »

Director:

Helen Hunt

Writers:

Alice Arlen (screenplay), Victor Levin (screenplay)

Stars:

Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Helen Hunt	...	April Epner
Bette Midler	...	Bernice Graves
Colin Firth	...	Frank
Matthew Broderick	...	Ben
Ben Shenkman	...	Freddy
Lynn Cohen	...	Trudy Epner
John Benjamin Hickey	...	Alan
Salman Rushdie	...	Dr. Masani
Daisy Tahan	...	Ruby
Tommy Nelson	...	Jimmy Ray
Stephanie Yankwitt	...	Stacey
Lillias White	...	Sheila (as Lillias D. White)
David Callegati	...	Gianni
Kenneth Stern	...	Rabbi (as Rabbi Kenneth A. Stern)
Robert LuPone	...	Ted

Storyline

39-year-old April Epner's childish husband and school teacher colleague Benjamin/Ben leaves her, but with her biological clock ticking ever more loudly. Her dying bossy adoptive mother is very vocal about her disappointment, while her natural son Freddy, a doctor, is most understanding. Shy but fascinating British author Frank meets April, his doted son Jimmy Ray's teacher, which soon leads to a full-flung affair. At the same time April's birth mother Bernice Graves locates her and begins attempting to establish a relationship. On top of all these balls in the air, April discovers she's finally expecting Ben's baby.

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Plot Keywords:

adoptive mother | teacher | schoolteacher | 39 year old | student | 

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Taglines:

manchmal kommt alles auf einmal (German tagline)

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Former Official site for the film. [Japan] Former Official site for the film. [United States]

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English Hebrew

Release Date:

9 May 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cuando todo cambia

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$72,594, 27 April 2008

Gross USA:

$3,735,717

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,433,048

Company Credits

Production Co:

Odyssey Entertainment, Killer Films, John Wells Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

ThinkFilm and Canadian distributor TVA Films bought the U.S. and Canadian rights, respectively, for the film at the 2007 Toronto Internation Film Festival.

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Goofs

Frank tells April that she could not have been conceived by Steve McQueen as he spent May to October 1966 filming "The Sand Pebbles" along the Yangtze. However, Americans were effectively barred from mainland China at the time. "The Sand Pebbles" was filmed in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

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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 ...
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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Made of Honor/Son of Rambow/Then She Found Me/Iron Man/Redbelt/Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

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Soundtracks

Piano Sonata No.11 in A Major K.331: I. Theme & Variations
(uncredited)
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Vladimir Selivokhin

User Reviews

Pleasant directorial debut from Helen Hunt

The first forty or so minutes of "Then She Found Me" are quite excellent, with Hunt showing impressive skill for a rookie director, the score standing out as quite good, and the acting being very good. The script is surprisingly funny for the most part, and has a sense of authenticity and realism that works in favor of the film. The main problem with the film going past the halfway mark is that little of any real interest is happening, and nothing really stands out. It's still amusing, still well-made, still not a bad film by any stretch of imagination, but there's also absolutely nothing that left me wanting to see it again.

6.5/10