Then She Found Me (2007)

Director:

Helen Hunt

Writers:

Alice Arlen (screenplay) and
Victor Levin (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 May 2008 (Israel)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A thoroughly modern women in a thoroughly modern crisis.

Plot:

A New York schoolteacher hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her biological mother...

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Directorial Debut | Marriage | Father Son Relationship | Husband Wife Relationship

Awards:

2 wins

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Cast

Helen Hunt	...	April Epner
Colin Firth	...	Frank
Bette Midler	...	Bernice Graves
Matthew Broderick	...	Ben
Lynn Cohen	...	Trudy
Ben Shenkman	...	Freddy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Floanne Ankah	...	Production assistant (as Florence Annequin)
Cherise Boothe	...	Mother #1
David Callegati	...	Gianni
Geneva Carr	...	Talk show guest
Chris Chalk	...	Orderly
Brother Eden Douglas	...	Penthouse Benefit Guest (as Brother Douglas)
Audrey Elizabeth Fafard	...	Penthouse host
John Benjamin Hickey	...	Alan
Rachel Konstantin	...	April's cousin
Stacie Linardos	...	Anne
Andy Miller	...	Limo Driver
Tommy Nelson	...	Jimmy Ray
Jonathan Roumie	...	Partygoer
Salman Rushdie	...	Dr. Masani
Maggie Siff	...	Girlfriend
Rabbi Kenneth Stern	...	Rabbi
Daisy Tahan	...	Ruby
Schuster Vance	...	Husband at PTA meeting

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Hebrew

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Australia:M | USA:R | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Blue Rider Pictures

Trivia:

ThinkFilm and Canadian distributor TVA Films bought the U.S. and Canadian rights, respectively, for the film at the 2007 Toronto Internation Film Festival.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: About twenty minutes before the end of the picture, when Bernice confronts April at Frank's place, a crew person can be seen for a few seconds in the lower left hand corner of the screen.

Movie Connections:

References The Sand Pebbles (1966)

Soundtrack:

Mazel Tov Zelda - Zeydns Tants

Blew Me Away

It really did. There was such a depth of understanding. If that wasn't so rare, it would STILL be a great movie. But as it is, it is ONE TO WATCH.

I really loved seeing Colin Firth have all the same humor of a slightly fairy tale version of an English man we have seen before.. but HERE it is grounded in a reality we can truly relate to - AND his humanity is palpable for the first time on-screen.

Helen ROCKS in this. Period.

The ending? I sincerely hope the filmmakers or some god forsaken producer/exec figures out what they have here and don't tack on that ending.

It is unnecessary. It doesn't ruin the movie. It just doesn't enhance it. It doesn't fit with the TONE they were so careful with. Its like a great song by Coldplay (insert any band you like) and then for the last four seconds they tack on a Christmas jingle.

You could fix this movie with one day of re-shoots and it would be a KEEPER.

If i had to sell this movie i would think of it as MOONSTRUCK meets NOTTING HILL. I don't know if i would lead with that but i would use it as base for creating a marketing campaign and to communicate its two strongest features; LIGHT HUMOUR perfectly executed and NAKED DESIRE subtly displayed.