Movie

Raising Helen

2004 · 119 min

A gentle, sentimental comfort watch that mixes light comedy with soft grief, coasting on charm and easy warmth rather than surprise.

Tagline: Her uptown life gets turned inside out!
Overview: Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies. But suddenly her free-spirited life gets turned upside down when she must choose between the life she's always loved, and the new loves of her life!
How it feels: Warm, earnest, melancholic and light. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, grief, parenthood, coming-of-age
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
parenthood
coming-of-age
love
Places: big city
home
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild