I Don't Know How She Does It
I Don't Know How She Does It
Based on the critically acclaimed bestseller by Allison Pearson, I Don’t Know How She Does It follows a Boston-based working mother trying desperately to juggle marriage, children, and a high-stress job...When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, Richard also wins the new job he’s been hoping for—and both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate’s charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who begins to prove an unexpected source of temptation.
2.1 out of 5 based on 14 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Certificate |
12A |
| Genre |
Comedy |
| Director |
Douglas McGrath |
| Cast |
Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Olivia Munn, Christina Hendricks Sarah Jessica Parker |
| Studio |
Entertainment UK |
| Release Date |
September 2011 |
| Running Time |
95 mins |
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Based on the critically acclaimed bestseller by Allison Pearson, I Don’t Know How She Does It follows a Boston-based working mother trying desperately to juggle marriage, children, and a high-stress job...When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, Richard also wins the new job he’s been hoping for—and both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate’s charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who begins to prove an unexpected source of temptation.
Reviews
The Daily Telegraph
Sarah Crompton
"In many ways Sarah Jessica Parker’s Kate Reddy is a latterday incarnation of those Hollywood heroines of old. "
15/09/2011
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Time Magazine
Mary Polis
"The movie reflects an idealized version of someone failing. "
15/09/2011
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The Evening Standard
Derek Malcolm
"...just about sincere enough to cover that fact and strike a chord with zillions of working mothers."
16/09/2011
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The Los Angeles Times
Michael Phillips
"I Don't Know How She Does It condescends inadvertently to its female characters even as it flatters their juggling abilities."
16/09/2011
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The Observer
Philip French
"The same compliment could be paid to [Parker] that Audrey Hepburn bestows on Cary Grant in Charade: " You know what's wrong with you? Nothing.""
17/09/2011
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Screen
Mark Adams
"It is a film that essentially is there to reassure that you can have everything."
16/09/2011
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The Times
Wendy Ide
"[W]hat right-thinking mum would go through the faff of hiring a babysitter just to watch a movie in which someone frets continually about childcare?"
16/09/2011
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The New York Times
Stephen Holden
"More often than not, Ms. Parker’s straining to be funny comes across as desperation to please."
15/09/2011
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The Independent
Anthony Quinn
"Younger audiences will shrug their shoulders and wonder where the jokes in this supposed comedy have got to. "
16/09/2011
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The Independent on Sunday
Nicholas Barber
"If you compare the film with other such chick flicks, it's jauntily efficient, with enough waspish one-liners to offset the mawkishness."
18/09/2011
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The Financial Times
Leo Robson
"...blah from start to finish."
15/09/2011
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The Scotsman
Mike McCarhill
"To the age-old question of what women want, the film bluntly responds: a medal, dammit."
17/09/2011
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The Sunday Times
Cosmo Landesman
"The season’s most yucky and irritating so-called comedy."
18/09/2011
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