- Release date: 2004
- Runtime: 119 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Starring: Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere ... See all
- Director: Garry Marshall
- Plot: Helen Harris is living the life she's always dreamed of: her career at a top modeling agency is on the rise; she spends her days at fashion shows and her... Read more
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Very predictable. Fine for families with pre-teens. As much as I hate to use the term it is a chick flick
Jul 06, 2006
spockwillow - imdb.com
Jul 06, 2006spockwillow - imdb.com
Without Joan Cusak, this film is a 3. Kate is cute but that is not enough. The concept is almost absurd. The only conflict is that who gets the kids. No tragedy or difficult conflict beyond the deaths at the... Full review
Bridge and tunnel
May 30, 2006
jotix100 - imdb.com
May 30, 2006jotix100 - imdb.com
New Yorkers that happen not to live in the island of Manhattan are seen as "Bridge and tunnel", a derisive term used by residents of the island to indicate their superiority to their less sophisticated, or perhaps less affluent neighbors.... Full review
Absurd and Corny Hollywoodian Tale
Feb 27, 2006
Claudio Carvalho - imdb.com
Feb 27, 2006Claudio Carvalho - imdb.com
The single and successful executive of the fashion world, Helen Harris (Kate Hudson), becomes the guardian of her two nieces and one nephew after the death of her sister and her brother-in-law. She moves from Manhattan to Queens, and faces... Full review
utterly artificial slice-of-life comedy
Jan 17, 2006
Roland E. Zwick - imdb.com
Jan 17, 2006Roland E. Zwick - imdb.com
"Raising Helen" is a formulaic romantic comedy that makes you wonder when Kate Hudson will again find a role that will actually allow her to stretch herself as an actress, fulfilling the promise she made half a decade ago in... Full review
Raising Helen
May 15, 2005
mhb_0250 - imdb.com
May 15, 2005mhb_0250 - imdb.com
This movie was a nice surprise. It speaks to the young, single career women who think they have it all.It has a lesson, and not all movies do. We learn the importance of family and how hard it is to... Full review
old script...new refreshing movie
Feb 16, 2005
tnkcool - imdb.com
Feb 16, 2005tnkcool - imdb.com
The story of three kids being given to an unqualified relative has been repeated countless number of times. This time however, Raising Helen gives the story a nice turn. The story is predictable...and yet..thoroughly refreshing. Kate Hudson has done a... Full review
Funny; good family film, some tender moments.
Nov 29, 2004
John Abraham - imdb.com
Nov 29, 2004John Abraham - imdb.com
I loved Kate Hudson in Almost Famous, and a few people told me this film was good, so we rented it.We did enjoy it. It had some very funny moments, and some very tender moments. Kate Hudson was good, but... Full review
A fun, sweet movie, with real values
Oct 23, 2004
bruce-281 - imdb.com
Oct 23, 2004bruce-281 - imdb.com
This is a must see movie! The whole family will enjoy it. Kate Hudson is enjoyable to watch. John Corbett was a good leading man for her. Good writing, directing, acting. Joan Cusack makes it a complete sweet dramatic comedy.... Full review
Better than I expected
May 28, 2004
ArizWldcat - imdb.com
May 28, 2004ArizWldcat - imdb.com
When I first saw the trailers for this movie, I thought it might be cute, but I had reservations because everything I've seen Kate Hudson in since "Almost Famous" has been quite disappointing. This one, she finally picked a winner.... Full review
Heartwarming and cute comedy
May 21, 2004
Douglas Young - imdb.com
May 21, 2004Douglas Young - imdb.com
Helen Harris (Kate Hudson) is living the high life in New York City and working for a top-modeling agency, when her sister and brother-in-law die in an auto accident. Her good times are over when she gets a letter from... Full review
Critics Reviews
ViewLondon
Updated: 13:13 This causes Helen all manner of problems at work and she has to decide whether to put her career first or become a mother to the children.
The story seems particularly pointless because Helen has another sister, Jenny (Joan Cusack), who is already a perfect mother with a) room in her huge house and b) kids of her own.
... Full Review
reel.com
Jenny begins as a control freak and martyr extraordinaire, but in Cusack's hands (with a nod to Marshall's as well), Helenand the audienceslowly comes to appreciate her unique skills.
Raising Helen is packed with clichsfrom the fashion world to apartment hunting in NYC to any number of problems involving teenagersbut none of them feels layered too thickly, and the movie itself is paced briskly enough that if one gag makes you roll your eyes, it's over quickly enough.
... Full Review
The Cinema Source
When he looks deep into Helens eyes, he projects a kind of desperation instead of passion.
And being that their chemistry is virtually nil, the poor girl gets none of it.
... Full Review
commonsensemedia.org
What's more fun to watch here is the way Hudson holds up as Helen's world falls apart around her.
Hudson is fine as Helen in the early scenes, enjoying her own deliciousness as she skims along on top of life like a skipping stone on the waves.
... Full Review
| May 28, 2004Hartford Courant
Raising Helen," Marshall's 13th feature as a director, however, will leave few people laughing or misty as this dry-duct soaper chugs along in the Hollywood netherworld where humor and pathos are in short supply.
The agreeable cast led by Hudson and Cusack manage to extract a handful of laughs from the forgettable dialogue, but at nearly two hours, the film goes on far too long.
... Full Review
News
RAISING HELEN by Mark Sells (2004-06-07) 2004, Rated PG-13, 119 minutes, Touchstone Pictures
filmthreat.com –
2004-06-07
Raising Helen is a pleasant, yet very predictable romantic comedy starring Americas sweetheart and brand new mom, Kate Hudson. Hudson plays Helen Harris, a carefree party girl whose life is instantly transformed when she becomes the guardian of three young... ... Full Article
"Raising Helen" dramatizes an interesting therapeutic theory: children as a self-help mechanism for adults.It begins by evoking the glamorous life of a young woman who lives happily if callowly in a cocoon of utter fabulousness. ... Full Article
Reviews
blackfilm.com –
2004-05-28
Movie Review: Raising Helen
the-trades.com –
2004-05-07
Kate Hudson is a formidable actress. Much like Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts back in the day, she has that irrepressible quality of emanating cuteness. Cuteness aside, she's versatile and can play a wide range of emotions. When I see ... Full Article
Raising Helen
slantmagazine.com –
2004-04-24
arry Marshall's preachy Raising Helen is not being billed as a fairy tale, but it exists in a fantasy New York City no one has ever seen before. ... Full Article

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