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Raising Helen (2004)

Raising Helen
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Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack

After her sister and brother-in-law die in a car accident, a young woman becomes the guardian of their three children.

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67% liked it
121,479 ratings

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22% liked it
124 critics

PG-13, 119 min.
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Release Date: May 28, 2004
DVD Release Date: Oct 12, 2004

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5 days ago
I can watch this movie over and over...Love it fantastic
9 days ago
Not bad for a chick flick
15 days ago
Very underrated comedy heartfelt and strong characters
16 days ago
Perfect family movie
18 days ago
a bit slow, quite sweet, pretty unrealistic though, but what the hell, good for a couple of tears and a couple of laughs.

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2014 days ago
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
There's no real conflict, and the screenplay sometimes approaches idiocy.
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2014 days ago
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Like tumbling into chick-flick hell.
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2014 days ago
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Tame and timid from beginning to end, and relentlessly conventional.
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2014 days ago
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Boils down every feel-good chick-flick cliche of the last 15 years into a lumpy mass of multiplex comfort food.
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