I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
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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 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 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. -- (C) Weinstein
- Directed By
- Douglas McGrath
- Written By
- Aline Brosh McKenna, Allison Pearson
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Sep 16, 2011 Wide
- On DVD
- Jan 3, 2012
- Studio
- The Weinstein Co.
Critic Reviews
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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.
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Ella Taylor, NPR
In the chick-flick world, hell is other women, and here specifically it's the stay-at-home wife and mother.
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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?
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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.
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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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Cast
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Sarah Jessica Parker
as Kate Reddy
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Pierce Brosnan
as Jack Abelhammer
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Kelsey Grammer
as Clark Cooper
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Christina Hendricks
as Allison, Allison Henderson
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Olivia Munn
as Momo, Momo Hahn
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Greg Kinnear
as Richard Reddy
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Seth Meyers
as Chris Bunce
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Robbie Sublett
as Dad
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Jane Curtin
as Marla Reddy
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Mark Blum
as Lew Reddy
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Busy Philipps
as Wendy Best
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Sarah Shahi
as Jeannie Lopietro
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Jessica Szohr
as Paula
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Emma Rayne Lyle
as Emily Reddy
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Julius Goldberg
as Ben Reddy
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Theodore Goldberg
as Ben Reddy
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James Murtaugh
as Roger Harcourt
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Mika Brzezinski
as Herself
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Eugenia Yuan
as Jack's Receptionist
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Joseph Amato
as I/T Guy
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Michelle Hurst
as Nurse
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Beth Fowler
as Clark's Secretary
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Michael Hogan
as Bowling Alley Clerk
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Marceline Hugot
as Beth
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Steve Routman
as Marcus
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Raymond McNally
as Roy
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Katie Hyde Lewars
as Organic Mom
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Natalie Gold
as Young Mother With Cell Phone
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Lorna Pruce
as Woman in Bowling Alley
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Jacob Alexander
as Town Car Driver








