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Must See Movie...

Best movie ever!

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

This film is directed by Helen Hunt, which makes sense, as she plays the 39 year-old "love interest" of Matthew Broderick and Colin Firth. Sadly, and no offense to Ms. Hunt, but viewers would have to be on drugs to see her as 39 years-old. In the film she looks much closer to 55. I would have enjoyed the film much more if the actor had been somewhat younger looking, and a bit more attractive. It's just a bit hard to imagine Matthew Broderick and Colin Firth fighting over Helen Hunt. Also, the woman she plays isn't the most delightful person, and I applauded Broderick's character dumping her in the first few minutes of the film. Much like I was happy Tom Hank's character was stuck on an island for years in Cast Away and avoided marriage to Helen Hunt's character. Lucky bastard.Anyway...the film is a chick-flick, and I watched it with a chick, who agreed that both the leading men would not be fighting over someone who looks like Helen Hunt, and especially not with her sour-puss, cheerless, sad-sack, basset hound attitude. Actually it's a bit of a boring film.

FYI, I'm female, 57 years old. I don't like predictable, romantic movies.This movie, in spite of Helen Hunt in the lead part (sorry, Helen), delivers a lovely story, very human, very shot through with vulnerability in the face of reality.Helen delivers one of the most tender performances in her career (not that I am familiar with all of her work; but from what I've seen, she kind of comes across as a tough little cookie in a stunted sorta way, right?)... yet, I really liked her in this movie. I tend to watch movies that I really like over and over, and "Then She Found Me" is one of them. And no, she doesn't abandon that toughness - that essence that Jack Nickelson captures in "As Good as It Gets": she says what she means, means what she says; something tells me HH is worth knowing: I do believe this is one of HH's strengths (as uncomfortable as it sometimes makes ME feel).The profound Jewish tale narrated in the beginning (rather shocking, and to me, mysteriously cruel), then fleshed out at the end (thank God) is one of this movie's attractions to me.I also find the outlandish behavior by its characters not unrealistic. Life is so full of surprises - what happens to us, what we can't anticipate, what we can't control. This movie delivers in so many ways that endears me, truly inciting empathy with the various characters.We humans rationalize or distort many of our decisions so they're less burdensome to carry... Bette Midler's character is outrageous in one degree, yet understandable in another. She's lived her life with a past that she can't quite own, preferring to transform it into the story she tells _____ - and most likely herself. Yet she hangs strong and determined when she's exposed; her desire to serve is greater than her desire to deceive herself......... of course there's a "selfish" motive in this - but it's the selfishness born of empty living... something greater.Colin Firth is phenomenal... can this man fail in any role? And it's kind of nice, too, that there seems to be a real chemistry between him and _____.Unless you're under 20, I think you'll find this movie rather rich and intriguing.Helen, you did a great job acting and directing. Thank you.

I sat in teary, stunned silence at the end of this film. Thank God I was home and thank God I was alone. This is a STUNNING performance by Helen Hunt (who also adapted it and directed it). There simply isn't any actress, anywhere at any time, who could dare to even dream of portraying this character as well as Helen Hunt. This character completely encompasses almost everything an actress can possibly give of herself and Helen is "pure perfection" within this role. Helen portrays April with the most stunning depth, layers upon layers of truth and emotion and the tribulations of life every day. Bravo... this film and this character will, with no hesitation, turn into one of the great classics of our time.April Epner (Helen Hut) is a compelling and profoundly deep woman. She is compassionate and filled with a painful sadness...a sadness that is never fully explained. She is amazingly beautiful, physically and emotionally, and is brokenly languishing after the death of her mother and the sudden breakup of her marriage. She is not only a school teacher, but an exquisitely gifted one. She truly cares deeply for the children she teaches so lovingly...but she has no children of her own. She desperately wishes for her own...She has been betrayed...from the time she was born. Simply from watching this woman in this short snippet of time within her life, the viewer gets the feeling April Epner has been betrayed over and over during her lifetime. The betrayal purely emanates from her. To state anything more of this character would be only a desperate attempt to say something I fear would end up meaningless... If you are reading this right now, it is imperative you give yourself the true pleasure of seeing this masterpiece of a film...full of life and love and pain, pain of every description imaginable. It will move your soul and it may even change you. It absolutely changed me... I hope beyond all hope Helen Hunt is able to make more films!

It's great to see Helen Hunt back on the big screen. This time she assumes multiple roles, as director, co-writer and lead actress. Hunt proves to be quite a competent director as she tells a charming story set in a small town about a young woman (who was adopted by a Jewish lady) who desperately wants to have a baby but things go haywire when her husband leaves her, her adopt mother passes away and her eccentric birth mother unexpectedly shows up. 'Then She Found Me' is an unconventional comedy and Hunt has put a lot of heart into the making. With a solid screenplay, the film successfully keeps the viewer involved. She reunites with Matthew Broderick on screen after almost twenty years and her pairing with Colin Firth works very well. Even though Broderick and Firth have played similar roles earlier, it fun watching them matching wits with Hunt. Then there's a joyful Bette Midler who totally rocks as the eccentric talk-show host/mother. Yet, this is Helen Hunt's film. She's been playing supporting roles of late but with 'Then She Found Me' she proves that she can still lead a film. I admire that she has made her own thing and succeeded in giving us a gem of a movie. Hats off to the multi-talented Ms. Hunt.