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John & Becky's Movie Review of "Raising Helen" Becky and I saw "Raising Helen" on Friday night. The "Raising Helen" website at http://raisinghelen.movies.go.com/html/main.html? describes the story as follows:

The Story
In this heartwarming comedy from director Garry Marshall ("Runaway Bride," "The Princess Diaries"), Helen Harris (Academy Award¨ nominee KATE HUDSON) is living the life she always dreamed of. Her career at a top Manhattan modeling agency is on the rise; she spends her days at fashion shows and her nights at the city's hottest clubs. But her carefree lifestyle comes to a screeching halt when one phone call changes everything. Helen soon finds herself responsible for her sister's children 15-year-old Audrey (HAYDEN PANETTIERE), 10-year-old Henry (SPENCER BRESLIN), and 5-year-old Sarah (ABIGAIL BRESLIN). No one doubts that Helen is the coolest aunt in New York, but what does this glamour girl know about raising kids? The fun begins as Helen goes through the transformation from super hip to super mom, but she quickly finds that dancing at 3 a.m. doesn't mix with getting kids to school on time; advice that Helen's older sister, Jenny (JOAN CUSACK), is only too quick to dish out. Along the way, Helen finds support in the most unusual place with Dan Parker (JOHN CORBETT), the handsome young pastor and principal of the kids' new school and realizes the choice she has to make is between the life she's always loved and the new loves of her life.
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The Review
Becky and I both enjoyed this movie. It's a fairly predictable "chick-flick" that manages to keep your interest. It's funny at times and serious at others, but is light-hearted overall.

Raising Helen is a feel good movie that addresses one of the many challenges of Middle America when a young family loses both parents and has to adjust to a new life. Helen (Kate Hudson) is a typical career woman in New York is was not married and childless. When her sister and brother in-law pass away and leave their three kids with Helen, everyone is shocked at their choice.

The story is about how Helen adjusts not only to being a new mom, but losing her identity in her career and having to make sacrifices on behalf of the children she loves. She reflects on her life to determine what's really important. Is it her career or her neices and nephews that she is now responsible for raising? Along the way, the pastor of the private school her kids are attending helps her find herself and prioritize her life. During their interactions on parenting, they fall in love. Highly predictable, but Becky and I both enjoyed it enough to say that it was worth the trip.

Joan Cusak helps to make this movie comical. She is an analytical mom, who has a hard time accepting that the kids were not signed over to her. She ends up helping Helen become a better mom. The message was clear that being a mom is much more today than ever before.

Overall the message was great and we would recommend this movie.

Becky's Rating: *** Worth The Trip
John's Rating: ** Rental

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