The life you need is not always the life you have...
The Story:
Helen (Kate Hudson) is a young star on the rise, working as an agent in the modeling world of New York. Her work is a dream, and her life is a party. Then one night, she gets a phone call that her sister, Lindsay (Felicity Huffman) and her husband were both killed in a car accident. Stranger still, Helen has been granted custody of Lindsay's three children (Hayden Panettiere, Spencer Breslin and Abigail Breslin) instead of oldest sister Jenny (Joan Cusack) who is already a responsible mom. As Helen has to completely reorganize her life, she begins to realize that she is not cut out for being a mom. Plus, there's the local Pastor (John Corbett) who thinks Helen is pretty cute and would love to date her. The deeper over her head she gets trying to care for the kids, the more she realizes that she wasn't cut out for this life, and Jenny would be the better caretaker. Helen's going to have to make a choice, very soon, for the sake of the kids.
What a sad, yet sweet movie.
Another breezy film by Garry Marshall, they try and make the grief as painless as possible, this is supposed to be somewhat romantic comedy after all.
And yet...
The loss of the parents is never far from the surface, and the reasons why Lindsay selects Helen over Jenny are finally revealed in the final act, though it's fairly easy to piece it together as the movie goes along and the characters fully develop.
All of the actors do a great job, and it's a great time capsule in their careers almost a decade ago.
Kate Hudson looks great, very reminiscent of her mom.
This film provides cinematic proof that finding a good guardian to raise your children is the hardest decision any parents will ever have to make, and hopefully one they will never have to utilize.
Final Grade: B
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: This is the second time in 10 years I've seen it. I keep meaning to add it to the collection but forget. Maybe around its 15th anniversary? :)
The Story:
Helen (Kate Hudson) is a young star on the rise, working as an agent in the modeling world of New York. Her work is a dream, and her life is a party. Then one night, she gets a phone call that her sister, Lindsay (Felicity Huffman) and her husband were both killed in a car accident. Stranger still, Helen has been granted custody of Lindsay's three children (Hayden Panettiere, Spencer Breslin and Abigail Breslin) instead of oldest sister Jenny (Joan Cusack) who is already a responsible mom. As Helen has to completely reorganize her life, she begins to realize that she is not cut out for being a mom. Plus, there's the local Pastor (John Corbett) who thinks Helen is pretty cute and would love to date her. The deeper over her head she gets trying to care for the kids, the more she realizes that she wasn't cut out for this life, and Jenny would be the better caretaker. Helen's going to have to make a choice, very soon, for the sake of the kids.
What a sad, yet sweet movie.
Another breezy film by Garry Marshall, they try and make the grief as painless as possible, this is supposed to be somewhat romantic comedy after all.
And yet...
The loss of the parents is never far from the surface, and the reasons why Lindsay selects Helen over Jenny are finally revealed in the final act, though it's fairly easy to piece it together as the movie goes along and the characters fully develop.
All of the actors do a great job, and it's a great time capsule in their careers almost a decade ago.
Kate Hudson looks great, very reminiscent of her mom.
This film provides cinematic proof that finding a good guardian to raise your children is the hardest decision any parents will ever have to make, and hopefully one they will never have to utilize.
Final Grade: B
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: This is the second time in 10 years I've seen it. I keep meaning to add it to the collection but forget. Maybe around its 15th anniversary? :)
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