Raising Helen Movie Review 2004

Helen (Hudson) has a successful, carefree life as a modeling agency exec, and is the favorite "cool" aunt of her sis Lindsay's (Huffman) three kids. However, Helen's shocked when Lindsay and her husband are killed in a car accident and she is given custody of the kids over perfect homemaker sis Jenny (Cusack). Helen soon gets fired, moves from Manhattan to Queens, finds a new job (working for Elizondo), and enrolls the kids at a nearby school run by the single and hunky Pastor Dan (Corbett). Hudson is as winsome as ever, but this is just another notch in her romantic comedy belt and it's all-too-familiar attire.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on DVD
Running time 119 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Parenthood, New York, New York, Brothers & Sisters, New York, New York, Model Citizens, Aunts & Uncles, Nieces & Nephews

Screenplay

Jack Amiel, Michael Begler

Cast

Kate Hudson, Joan Cusack, John Corbett, Helen Mirren, Hayden Panettiere, Spencer Breslin, Felicity Huffman, Sean O'Bryan, Hector Elizondo, Sakina Jaffrey, Abigail Breslin, Kevin Kilner

Cinematography

Charles Minsky

Director

Garry Marshall

Music

John Debney

Other

Thomas Causey, Dawn Soler, Bruce Green, Tara Timpone, William Hiney, Gary Jones, Steven Jordan

Producer

Ashok Amritraj, David Hoberman, Mandeville Films, Beacon Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Buena Vista