Then She Found Me (2007)
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Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt makes her feature directorial debut with this adaptation of Elinor Lipman's best-selling novel about a Philadelphia schoolteacher (Hunt) whose long-lost birth mother (Bette Midler) reappears at the very moment her daughter is careening into a midlife crisis. Abandoned by her husband (Matthew Broderick) and still grieving the death of her adoptive mother, the emotionally fragile teacher enters into a relationship with the father of one of her students just as her biological mother, an eccentric talk-show host, appears on her doorstep attempting a reconciliation. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, (more)
- Director(s):
- Helen Hunt
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD,
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Synopsis of Then She Found Me
Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt makes her feature directorial debut with this adaptation of Elinor Lipman's best-selling novel about a Philadelphia schoolteacher (Hunt) whose long-lost birth mother (Bette Midler) reappears at the very moment her daughter is careening into a midlife crisis. Abandoned by her husband (Matthew Broderick) and still grieving the death of her adoptive mother, the emotionally fragile teacher enters into a relationship with the father of one of her students just as her biological mother, an eccentric talk-show host, appears on her doorstep attempting a reconciliation. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 100 mins
Complete Cast of Then She Found Me
- Helen Hunt - April Epner
- Colin Firth - Frank Harte
- Ben Shenkman - Dr. Freddy Epner
- John Benjamin Hickey - Alan
- Daisy Tahan - Ruby
- Stephanie Yankwitt - Stacey
- Lillias White - Sheila
- Robert LuPone - Ted
- Bette Midler - Bernice Graves
- Matthew Broderick - Benjamin 'Ben' Green
- Lynn Cohen - Trudy Epner
- Salman Rushdie - Dr. Masani
- Tommy Nelson - Jimmy Ray
- Maggie Siff - Lily
- Davide Callegati - Gianni
- Director(s):
- Helen Hunt
- Writer(s):
- Helen Hunt, Victor Levin, Alice Arlen
- Producer(s):
- Katie Roumel, Helen Hunt, Christine Vachon
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
- Categories:
- Independent Films
- 2008 - Alliance of Women Film Journalists - Best Leap from Actress to Director
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