Helen Hunt just made her comeback! I watched a FANTASTIC film last night called "Then She Found Me". It's co-written and directed by Hunt, who plays the lead role in it, and it was great. The part fit her like a glove, I'm guessing she wrote it with herself in mind, it was very similar to her character in "As Good as it Gets", but instead of having a son, she desperately longs for one.
The movie opens with her getting dumped by her new husband (Matthew Broderick), having her adoptive mother die, and then be contacted by her birth mother (Bette Midler, crazy as ever) all within 2 days. Colin Firth plays a love interest, and it must have been scripted for him as well. He played the same bumbling, adorable guy that he always does, but with a very bitter streak in him, prone to shouting and looking unlovable. I get tired of Colin Firth (heresy to my friends) sometimes, so I loved seeing him explode a few times in this!
The whole thing was really well written, very tight. All these horrible things keep happening to this woman who is newly single in so many ways, and she just plucks along trying to get through each day as best she can. And there wasn't a big crying scene of 'I just can't take it anymore' like the formula suggested there would be, so thank you screenwriters for that. Like "Happy Go-Lucky", it was a film about a single woman, confused and trying to get by. The tone was more like a rom-com, but great nonetheless.
Cute. Sweet. Tight. Date movie? Not sure. Girl movie? Yes. Matthew Broderick being a skeeze like he often does now. And Helen Hunt being super skinny and kinda translucent. I recommend Netflixing it.
Last thing: I googled it to put in an image of the poster and was surprised to find several different versions. Compare:
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