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2004 Certificate PG
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Helen Harris (Kate Hudson) is a rising star in the New York City fashion world, just on the brink of being promoted to agent at a premiere modeling agency. The sudden death of her older sister (Felicity Huffman) and her brother-in-law shocks Helen from her exciting life of photo shoots, nightclubs, and hot dates. It brings her .. Read more

Starring Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Helen Mirren
Director Garry Marshall
Genres Audio Descriptive, Comedy, Romance

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Raising Helen

Helen Harris (Kate Hudson) is a rising star in the New York City fashion world, just on the brink of being promoted to agent at a premiere modeling agency. The sudden death of her older sister (Felicity Huffman) and her brother-in-law shocks Helen from her exciting life of photo shoots, nightclubs, and hot dates. It brings her back to reality, a reality that includes custody of two nieces (ages 15 and five) and a 10-year-old nephew. Free-spirited Helen suddenly finds her life turned upside down. She is not only learning how to be a mother to three children, but she is also mourning the loss of her sister and brother-in-law, moving to a different borough, looking for a new career, and attracting the romantic interest of Pastor Dan (John Corbett), the principal of the kids' new Lutheran school. To complicate matters more, her surviving sister Jenny (Joan Cusack) is a Supermom in her own right who can't understand why their late sister entrusted carefree Helen with custody of the children. Garry Marshall (THE PRINCESS BRIDE, PRETTY WOMAN) directs this story about a woman who discovers what is really important when her life changes overnight.

Starring Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Helen Mirren, Hayden Panettiere
Director Garry Marshall
Studio TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 54 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Collections 100 Rom-Coms
Genres Audio Descriptive, Comedy, Romance
Language DVD: English, English Audio Description
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 27 Dec 2004
Production year: 2004
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    This is a customarily slick romantic comedy drama from the director of Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries, Garry Marshall. Perky Kate Hudson stars as a hip, carefree Manhattan model agency employee who gains an instant family when her sister and brother-in-law are killed in a car crash. The three children pose problems enough, but adding to Hudson's woes is her mumsy elder sister, Joan Cusack, who resents the fact that the youngsters were not entrusted to her care. Helen Mirren features strongly as Hudson's no-nonsense boss, and John Corbett (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) is on hand as Pastor Dan, the potential love in Hudson's life and the head of the kids' new school. The material occasionally steers perilously close to mawkishness, but is saved from becoming total slush by moments of wry humour and by the spirited performances of Hudson and the ever-reliable Cusack.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • The Helen in question (Kate Hudson) is a sunny rep at a Manhattan modelling agency, with a cute walk-up apartment and... read more on Time Out

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  • 13 out of 14 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Watchable

    This is a great film for all those who like sweet valley high and American corn. The first 20 or so minutes presents you with teribble acting and a feeling of nausea. Then it actually starts to be a good watch. The bad acting disappears and instead of nausea an atmosphere of interest suddenly descends on you. However this seems to happen too late in the film. There will be people out there who love this type of film, I however, found it to be wishy washy!

      • Lee from North West
      • Posted 01 Apr 2005 12:27

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    ONE FOR THE GIRLIES

    I rented this movie with the intention of watching it with my teenage daughter. It held no surprises as the title pretty much gave away the fact that it was more of a rite of passage for the main character played by Kate Hudson. Not too sickly and a hunky guy to divert your attention from the predicatablity of the story line. Harmless and easy to watch - nice morals if watching it with older children...just OK !

      • sue johnson from Glossop, Derbyshire
      • Posted 20 Apr 2005 10:04

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    The National Enquirer is in hot water again after it was forced to pay damages to Kate Hudson (The Skeleton Key, Raising Helen, Gossip) for pictures and an article which suggested that she had an eating disorder. Photos of the actress were run in an issue of the magazine last October under the headline Goldie Tells Kate: Eat Something! It claimed that the star was "painfully thin" and that her mother, film legend Goldie Hawn (Private Benjamin, Shampoo, Wildcats) had begged her to eat... Read more

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