Review of Raising Helen (2004) by Jimmy H — 01 Dec 2008

Cute romantic comedy/drama... Your typical predictable chick-flick.

This review of Raising Helen (2004) was written by Jimmy H on 01 Dec 2008.

Raising Helen has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Jess L (793) on 06 Feb 2013

Standard romantic comedy with characters developing as a result of tragedy, in this case Helen is thrust into motherhood as a result of her…

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By Megan Basham (282) for National Review (314) on 06 Feb 2018

Helen recognizes what the audience has known all along: Holy can be hot…

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 02 Oct 2011

Great premise, but the ensuing trials and tribulations - not to mention hapless attempts at comedy - are as off-key as a karaoke scene in which…

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By Intuciic . (496) on 05 Mar 2013

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A pretty good romantic comedy…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 30 Jul 2013

Marshall's predilection for romantic fairy tales is much in evidence, though the comedy registers in a lower key than it did in such hits as…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 30 Jun 2015

The strange thing about Raising Helen is that nothing out of the ordinary ever really happens…

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By Liz Beardsworth (78) for Empire (3,446) on 12 Jan 2017

Top marks to Joan Cusack for her excellent supporting turn; commiserations to John Corbett as one-dimensional objet désir Pastor Dan -- unhappily…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 11 Feb 2015

The actors are all better than the material, just as the script's occasionally amusing tangents are far superior to its mundane narrative arc…

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By Shinyhair X (95) on 16 Jun 2012

So predictable it's almost funny. But not terrible…

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