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  • Hunt gave brave surfer's mum the courage to return to the waves - 31 March 2011
    -Actress Helen Hunt gave the woman she plays in new movie Soul Surfer the courage to get back in the sea for the first time since her daughter lost an arm to a shark.-The As Good As It Gets star portrays Cheri Hamilton in the Bethany Hamilton biopic and admits she s

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  • As Good As It Gets
  • As Good As It Gets review by A customer from Manchester
    Rated - 5.0 stars Superb 5 October 2004
    ...uchy old recluse who, during the course of the film, comes out of his shell and Helen Hunt is the catalyst for that change. The acting throughout is first class especia...   Read customer review
  • Twister
  • Twister review by A customer from scotland
    Rated - 5.0 stars twister! 21 June 2004
    ...me, however in this, he does the perfect job, the chemistry between himself and Helen Hunt is sometimes electrifying. A great film, excellent script, and thoroughly watch...   Read customer review
  • Cast Away
  • Cast Away review by from Ramsgate, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars THIS FILM DOSE NOT DESERVE 5 STARS... 5 June 2005
    ...ery intelligent film and some scenes were quite horrific. Tom Hank's best film. Helen Hunt gave a great preformance also. It is not just a guy with a beird talking to a b...   Read customer review

Helen Hunt - filmography


  • Soul Surfer - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Lorraine Nicholson,  Carrie Underwood,  AnnaSophia Robb
    Director: Sean McNamara
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
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    A champion surfer loses her left arm in a terrifying shark attack, but summons the determination to make an incredible comeback in this inspirational sports drama based on an incredible true story. A lifelong surfer who always felt at home in the sea, Bethany Hamilton (AnnaSophia Robb) honed her ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 10 members
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  • Soul Surfer (2011)
    Starring: AnnaSophia Robb,  Sonya Balmores,  Dennis Quaid
    Director: Sean McNamara
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Watch now: £3.49
    Soul Surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith. Bethany (AnnaSophia Robb) was born to surf. A natural talent who ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 80 members
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  • Then She Found Me on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Helen Hunt,  Bette Midler,  Colin Firth
    Director: Helen Hunt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following the separation from her husband and the death of her adopted mother, schoolteacher April Epner is contacted by her apparent birth mother, who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 6,789 members
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  • A Good Woman on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Helen Hunt,  Scarlett Johansson,  Tom Wilkinson
    Director: Mike Barker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson fight over the same rich young man in this sumptuously elegant and loose adaptation of Oscar Wilde's LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. The setting for the action is moved from Victorian England's parlors to Italy's gorgeous Amalfi coast in the early 1930's. A vacationing ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 12,289 members
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  • The Curse of the Jade Scorpion on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Dan Aykroyd,  Helen Hunt
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 3,545 members
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  • What Women Want - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Helen Hunt,  Marisa Tomei
    Director: Nancy Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director, writer, and producer Nancy Meyers's (THE PARENT TRAP) sophomore directorial effort is a lively screwball fantasy featuring Mel Gibson in his first romantic comedy. Gibson plays Nick Marshall, a high-flying chauvinistic Chicago advertising executive who, like his musical idol, Frank ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,513 member
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  • Pay It Forward on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Kevin Spacey,  Helen Hunt,  Haley Joel Osment
    Director: Mimi Leder
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Based on a best-selling novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde and boasting the star power of three prior Oscar winners-Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment-PAY IT FORWARD spins a heart-warming yarn about an 11-year-old boy who comes up with an utopian idea as a project for school. History teacher ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 10,449 members
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  • What Women Want on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Helen Hunt,  Marisa Tomei
    Director: Nancy Meyers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director, writer, and producer Nancy Meyers's (THE PARENT TRAP) sophomore directorial effort is a lively screwball fantasy featuring Mel Gibson in his first romantic comedy. Gibson plays Nick Marshall, a high-flying chauvinistic Chicago advertising executive who, like his musical idol, Frank ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 19,084 members
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  • Doctor T. And The Women on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Helen Hunt,  Richard Gere,  Shelley Long
    Director: Robert Altman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Robert Altman follows up the good-natured COOKIE'S FORTUNE with this biting satire of an upper-class elitist Dallas community. Richard Gere plays Sullivan 'Sully' Travis (better known as Dr. T), a man whose good looks and overflowing charm have made him the most popular gynecologist in all of Texas...read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 903 members
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  • Cast Away - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Helen Hunt,  Christopher Noth
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tom Hanks is Chuck Noland, a man in a hurry. His job for Federal Express has him traveling the world on a moment's notice, exhorting the company's employees to speed things up--"never turn your back on the clock." When he's suddenly called away for business on Christmas night, his tolerant longtime ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 22 members
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  • Cast Away on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Helen Hunt,  Christopher Noth
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tom Hanks is Chuck Noland, a man in a hurry. His job for Federal Express has him traveling the world on a moment's notice, exhorting the company's employees to speed things up--"never turn your back on the clock." When he's suddenly called away for business on Christmas night, his tolerant longtime ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 26,355 members
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  • Twister - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Helen Hunt,  Bill Paxton,  Jami Gertz
    Director: Jan De Bont
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The largest storm to hit Oklahoma in more than half a century is brewing, and it promises to drop multiple twisters into Tornado Alley. It''s the storm that two rival groups of scientists--Jo Harding and her band of brash university students, and corporate-sponsored Dr. Jonas Miller and his sleek, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,403 member
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  • Twister on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Helen Hunt,  Bill Paxton,  Jami Gertz
    Director: Jan De Bont
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt and Carey Elwes may be billed as the stars of Twister, but the film's real attractions are the cyclones themselves. Best experienced in a theater, the nail-biting, blow-the-audience-out-of-their-seats computer generated graphics, cutting edge sound and other special effects ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 14,571 members
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  • As Good As It Gets on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Helen Hunt,  Greg Kinnear
    Director: James L. Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Melvin Udall is a novelist who delights in his own ability to offend, repulse, affront and wound - not minding who he upsets in the process. It takes waitress Carol Connelly and the unexpected act of kindness of babysitting a neighbour's dog to put him back on track...
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 25,092 members
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  • The Waterdance (1992)
    Starring: Eric Stoltz,  Helen Hunt,  Wesley Snipes
    Director: Neal Jimenez,  Michael Steinberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An often overlooked film about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab centre with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found ..read more »
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  • Mad About You - Season 1 (2 discs) on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Paul Reiser,  Helen Hunt
    Director: Danny Jacobson,  Paul Reiser
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A heartwarming sitcom starring Paul Reiser--who also created the series--and Helen Hunt as the Buchmans, MAD ABOUT YOU tells the story of a young newlywed couple navigating the myriad trials and tribulations of keeping their marriage healthy, and themselves sane.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 237 members
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  • Mr Saturday Night on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Billy Crystal,  David Paymer,  Julie Warner
    Director: Billy Crystal
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Billy Crystal stars as the legendary Buddy Young, Jr., an ambitious, wise-cracking comic who claws his way to the top with the help of his reliable brother/manager (David Paymer). MR. SATURDAY NIGHT was Crystal's first movie as a feature film director.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 169 members
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  • Trancers 2 (1991)
    Starring: Tim Thomerson,  Helen Hunt,  Megan Ward
    Director: Charles Band
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Los Angeles, 1991. It's been six years since Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson), a cop from the future, wiped out the last of the Trancers, those zombie-like creatures whose mission is murder. Now Jack's got that funny feeling again...he knows they're back. And he's ready to give them the fight of his life. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 313 members
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  • Next Of Kin (1989)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Liam Neeson,  Adam Baldwin
    Director: John Irvin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Truman, a Chicago cop, sets out to find the killer of his brother. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 177 members
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  • Project X (1987)
    Starring: Matthew Broderick,  Helen Hunt
    Director: Jonathan Kaplan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Project X is a top-secret government undertaking involving trained chimpanzees. Grounded pilot Matthew Broderick, assigned to teach the chimps how to operate a flight simulator, discovers that his charges are to be subjected to high levels of radiation to test potential human endurance. Risking a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 63 members
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  • Peggy Sue Got Married on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Catherine Hicks,  Jim Carrey,  Joan Allen
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A charming twist on the Rip van Winkle fairy tale, Francis Ford Coppola's PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED tells the story of Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner), a 43-year-old wife and mother who, while attending her high school reunion, faints and wakes up back in 1960. Peggy Sue lives with her mom and dad, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,992 member
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  • Trancers on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Tim Thomerson,  Helen Hunt,  Richard Herd
    Director: Charles Band
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this sci-fi thriller, Angel City trooper Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 Los Angeles to inhabit the body of his ancestor. Deth's assignment is to find his archenemy, Whistler (Michael Stefani), who turns people into zombies, before the fiend is able to kill all ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 556 members
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  • Girls Just Want To Have Fun on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker,  Helen Hunt,  Lee Montgomery
    Director: Alan Metter
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    When new girl Janey (Sarah Jessica Parker) arrives at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School, she befriends Lynne (Helen Hunt) when they discover they share a love of dancing. They audition to become dancers on a TV show but along the way they meet some dancing boys...
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,768 member
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Helen Hunt facts

5 most recent films

Soul Surfer - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Every Day - 3.0 stars
Soul Surfer - 4.0 stars
Then She Found Me - 2.5 stars
Bobby - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Larry Sanders Show - Series 2 - Complete - 4.5 stars
Soul Surfer - 4.0 stars
Pay It Forward - 3.5 stars
As Good As It Gets - 3.5 stars
Mad About You - Season 1 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Waterdance - 3 stars
Empire Falls - 2.5 stars
Every Day - 3.0 stars
Soul Surfer - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Cast Away - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nan Martin - 5 times - show films
Tom Hanks - 5 times - show films
Christopher Noth - 5 times - show films
Nick Searcy - 5 times - show films
Geoffrey Blake - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Robert Zemeckis - 4 times - show films
Todd Holland - 4 times - show films
Roy London - 4 times - show films
Dennis Erdman - 4 times - show films
Sean McNamara - 3 times - show films