Synopsis
Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies. But suddenly her free-spirited life gets turned upside down when she must chose between the life she's always loved, and the new loves of her life!
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Cast
- Kate HudsonHelen Harris
- John CorbettPastor Dan Parker
- Joan CusackJenny Portman
- Hayden PanettiereAudrey Davis
- Spencer BreslinHenry Davis
- Abigail BreslinSarah Davis
- Helen MirrenDominique Courier
- Felicity HuffmanLindsay Davis
- Kevin KilnerEd Portman
- Sakina JaffreyNilma Prasad
Recommendations
- 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Marshall's predilection for romantic fairy tales is much in evidence, though the comedy registers in a lower key than it did in such hits as "Pretty Woman" and "Runaway Bride." - 60
Variety
An undemanding dramedy. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Hudson's sunny, ringlet-tossing appeal fits snugly into the film's happy-homemaker ideology: She makes caring for three kids she barely knows look downright glamorous. - 50
ReelViews
As unlikely as it may sound, 2004 is the year when directors Kevin Smith and Garry Marshall have made virtually the same movie...Nevertheless, it's impossible to deny that Raising Helen is a near clone of "Jersey Girl." - 50
Salon
If a couple who belonged to the Christian Coalition, or your maiden aunt, or George and Laura Bush were looking for a reassuring night out, Raising Helen would fit the bill nicely. - 50
Chicago Tribune
You can take the director out of television, but sometimes you can't take television out of the director. Although Garry Marshall has been making movies for longer than he spent creating such series as "The Odd Couple," "Happy Days" and "Laverne and Shirley," his work retains the scent of the small screen. - 40
Village Voice
John Corbett shuffles in for yet another tour of duty as the bland requisite love interest. - 40
The A.V. Club
The strange thing about Raising Helen is that nothing out of the ordinary ever really happens.
