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Then She Found Me

2007 · 100 min

A bittersweet, talky drama that balances sharp humor with raw emotional honesty, anchored by messy, relatable characters.

Directed by
Helen Hunt
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
Life can change in a heartbeat.
Overview
A New York schoolteacher experiences a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies, and her biological mother, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.

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Directed by
Helen Hunt
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • faith
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Helen Hunt
Written by
Alice Arlen, Helen Hunt, Victor Levin
Starring
Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick, Ben Shenkman, Lynn Cohen, John Benjamin Hickey, Salman Rushdie
Music
David Mansfield
Cinematography
Peter Donahue
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom
Languages
English, French, Hebrew, Italian

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