I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)

A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids.

Director:

Douglas McGrath (as Doug McGrath)

Writers:

Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay), Allison Pearson (novel)

Stars:

Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Kelsey Grammer

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Kate Reddy
Pierce Brosnan	...	Jack Abelhammer
Greg Kinnear	...	Richard Reddy
Christina Hendricks	...	Allison Henderson
Kelsey Grammer	...	Clark Cooper
Seth Meyers	...	Chris Bunce
Olivia Munn	...	Momo Hahn
Jane Curtin	...	Marla Reddy
Mark Blum	...	Lew Reddy
Busy Philipps	...	Wendy Best
Sarah Shahi	...	Janine LoPietro
Jessica Szohr	...	Paula
Emma Rayne Lyle	...	Emily Reddy
Julius Goldberg	...	Ben Reddy
Theodore Goldberg	...	Ben Reddy

Storyline

Opportunist Chris Bunce remains Pacific coast investment firm CEO Clark Cooper's favorite by being available always, also when he can snatch up deals Kate Reddy largely set up but lost giving priority to husband Richard and their kids. She gets a dream chance working for New York tycoon Jack Abelhammer, who proves most accommodating, amused by her faults, generous and able to sort of draw her back into enjoying life, so it looks like she'll have to choose when he offers her an investment fund partnership.

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Plot Keywords:

2010s | breadwinner | female breadwinner | man wears eyeglasses | black comedy | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual references

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sarah Jessica Parker and Pierce Brosnan appeared in Mars Attacks! (1996).

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Goofs

When Kate is running late for work in the first 15 minutes, she leaves her daughter's school wearing beige heels with no stocking, while running, she is wearing black stockings with little heel booties, once she gets to work, she is in her beige heels again. It appears they borrowed a clip from late in the movie when Kate runs from work to meet her daughter.

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Quotes

Allison Henderson: At work, when you act like 'one of the boys', they call you abrasive and difficult. So, if you act like a woman, they say you're emotional and difficult. So, difficult is really just the word for anything that isn't a man.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.1 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Fight or Flight
Written and Performed by Christopher Lennertz (as Chris Lennertz) and Jamie Christopherson
Courtesy of CJL Music

User Reviews

Dire

This drivel masquerades as a comedy but offers little more than a misplaced feminist rant. I am sure they expected women to say 'oh it's so true - we DO make lists and we Do multitask!' but please - who exactly was this aimed at - zombie life forms? Maybe they think that women are so tired that they wouldn't notice how cliché-ridden and pathetically hackneyed this offering is? It was not amusing. It was not interesting. It was not original. It did not have a single redeeming quality and I suggest you do not waste your time nor your money on this rubbish.

Indeed I shall waste no more time reviewing it.

Details

Official Sites:

Movieworlds.com [Sandy Kolbuch] (German) Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

I Don't Know How She Does It

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,402,201, 18 September 2011

Gross USA:

$9,662,284

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$31,410,151

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Weinstein Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS (Datasat Digital) SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1