GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Nonureva Really Surprised!

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

mohdjad70 Raising Helen is a beautiful film which takes care of a very sensitive topic in our society of raising someone's children whom you have known very well. It is one of those films. It tells the story of a free spirited woman (Helen) who works hard and enjoys her life to the full. But due to the calamitous death of her sister and brother-in-law she gets chosen to be the legal guardian of their children instead of her other sister who is unlike her. The story goes on by how Helen copes with the situation to try to become a successful working single mom.Kate Hudson as Helen gives an outstanding performance. I never did like her that much, always thought she was overrated nonetheless this acting has made me a fan of her and I am looking forward to her next appearance in Wish I Was Here (2014).Coming to the child stars, Abigail Breslin as Sarah does the best among the others. It is good to see her getting transformed into a teen star from a child one. Hayden Panettiere as Audrey accomplished her task well in this movie but is not great and Spencer Breslin as Henry is a notch down from both of them as he couldn't get some expressions right in my point of view.Joan Cusack as Jenny the other sister does well as a supporting actor which is certainly expected from her. John Corbett as Pastor accomplishes at providing the humorous moments needed in the film and Helen Mirren has a minor role, however a good one.Largely the film felt a little rushed to me although it already stands at 119 minutes, I think other characters should have been developed more and added emotional touch could also be given to it. Nevertheless, it's a decent popcorn flick that can be viewed with your family on a weekend.Overall it's a 7/10 from my side.

trh-50-533893 Kept waiting,and waiting, and waiting but hit the eject after 40 min.of increasing boredom. I love kids and families, not to mention beautiful young women, but this was dumber than Dumb and Dumber. Helen Mirren was super (when has she ever been otherwise). Boggled by those who found the acting and writing wonderful. Both seemed just terrible to me. Sad, because the story had such potential. I guess I needed the rest of the film. I found it totally unbelievable that Helen (the char.) had a successful career but was otherwise such a ditz. It's not like she was a model, she was a fashion executive, fer cryin' out loud, but couldn't remember lunch?

Kiku Aya I will tell you a nice movie, "Raising Helen".Helen Harris, played by Kate Hudson, works at a model agency in New York as a competent agent and enjoys her single life. One day, her sister's couple die because of a traffic accident and Helen takes care of her sister's children, Audrey who is 15 years old, Henry who is 10 years old and Sarah who is 5 years old. She is confused first, but she is active about the compatibility of work with child raising. However, her new life with Audrey, Henry and Sarah meets with a setback...It is a romantic comedy and very heart-warming movie. The plot is very good, especially ending and Kate Hudson does nice act. I liked her pretty actions more and more after I watched this movie. Moreover, the soundtrack is appropriate for the mood. I like the soundtrack that Helen walking the street in New York best.

Boba_Fett1138 I think the movie makes the mistake that its more cheerful and happy, instead of being dramatic. The core of the movie is its drama but this just doesn't work out fully due to the fact that everything around it is too cheerful and made in a comedy kind of style. The movie even finds room to put in a love-story, which is just a bit too much I'm afraid. The movie should had focused some more on the mourning and real problems, if the movie wanted to make a real lasting and effective impression. Instead now the problems in the movie are too trivial and don't seem significant enough, when considering 3 young children lost their parents and they're being raised by her aunt who definitely is an inexperienced one, as a 'parent'. You can say that the movie is too 'Hollywood' and therefor also becomes formulaic, standard and rather predictable.The movie is definitely well made for a 'comedy' and it has some great characters in it, that help to make the movie. There is a good balance of characters that are funny (although perhaps a bit too over-the-top) and characters that are serious. It's the thing that keeps the movie going and make it a pleasant one to watch.It's not like the story is really heading anywhere in the movie. Especially the middle of the movie is a sort of a drag, after a good and quite promising first minutes. Seemed like the movie wasn't too sure what direction to head in after that. It falls back to a lot of clichés to eventually of course also end in a clichéd and predictable way. The movie is perhaps also a bit too long. At least more then it really needed to be. Perhaps some side-plots should had been dropped.Amazingly the movie really has a big and superb cast, with actors such as Kate Hudson, Joan Cusack, Helen Mirren, Hector Elizondo and Felicity Huffman in it. But all the more great is the children-cast. Spencer Breslin and Abigail Breslin are two of the great child-actors of our time and in this movie they once more show why. And then there is Hayden Panettiere, who is a strange case. For her age she's great but I have doubts if people in 10 years from now still know who she is. If she wants to continue being taking seriously and show that she's up for the task, she needs to start taking some more serious roles fast, or else she continues being typecast over and over again, until eventually she is considered to be too old by Hollywood. She needs to stop doing these cheerful movies and cheerful roles. Even when her character is supposed to be mad she has something cheerful in her. She has the potential to become a great actress, if she can make the step to more serious and demanding roles NOW.I consider this to be a watchable movie, as long as you can handle most of the Hollywood clichés.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/