I Don't Know How She Does It

I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)

  • 17% of critics liked it
    (109 reviews)

  • 32% of users liked it
    (22,503 ratings)

Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Munn and Christina Hendricks star in I Don't Know How She Does It, a comedy from director Douglas McGrath (Emma, Infamous) and producer Donna Gigliotti (The Reader, Let Me In). Based on the critically acclaimed bestseller by Allison… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Aline Brosh McKenna, Allison Pearson
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Sep 16, 2011 Wide
On DVD
Jan 3, 2012
The Weinstein Co.

Critic Reviews

  • Leah Rozen, The Wrap

    Oh, look, it's rich people in beautifully appointed houses and they're worried that the nanny might not arrive on time for them to make important morning meetings at work. Boo-hoo.

  • Ella Taylor, NPR

    In the chick-flick world, hell is other women, and here specifically it's the stay-at-home wife and mother.

  • Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

    How nice it would have been had McKenna penned a couple of those audience-addressing interludes for Richard or Jack. What would these modern, succesful men tell us of themselves?

  • Dana Stevens, Slate

    I Don't Know How She Does It purports to be about the difficult choices of modern motherhood, but it's too prim and cautious a movie to dip a pedicured toe into the murky waters of real choice.

  • Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail

    The main problem is that this Boston-set flick quite unselfconsciously presents itself as if it were a pop-culture first to express ideas about the working-mom balancing act.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Manu G


    A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids. Not bad yet not that great either. The movie really doesn't bore you it's just that the theme and plot of the story is not so great or intriguing. This is… More

  • Everett J


    Short, sweet, frantic, and to the point. "I Don't Know How She Does It" is a pretty typical chick flick. It's about a woman named Kate(Sarah Jessica Parker) juggling marriage, kids, and a high stress job. Parker does a good job, as does the rest of the cast.… More

  • Nicki M


    So glad I didn't pay money to see this one. Kind of found the whole movie insulting. All the cliches are there including the hardened career girl who doesn't want children, but suddenly does. Give me a break. Sarah Jessica does a voice over which makes you feel like its an… More

  • Sol C


    The film was so so and a little disappointing. The film felt more like a TV sitcom than a film. I didn't like when the characters were constantly talking to the camera. That got annoying after awhile. Sarah was ok. I could have seen Jennifer Aniston play the same role. Pierce… More

  • Panta O


    This story of Kate Reddy (Sarah Jessica Parker) who works for a Boston-based financial management firm is somehow all around the place but manages to be a real chick-flick... of course, as a super woman, by night, she's a devoted mother to two adoring children and the happily… More

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