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starring: Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, Spencer Breslindirected by: Garry Marshall
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788849305
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0788849301
Label: Touchstone / Disney
Manufacturer: Touchstone / Disney
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Touchstone / Disney
Release Date: October 12, 2004
Running Time: 119 minutes
Sales Rank: 15814
Studio: Touchstone / Disney
Theatrical Release Date: May 28, 2004
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Kate Hudson wrestles with unlikely motherhood in Raising Helen, a comedy directed with the smooth professionalism of Garry Marshall, the man who brought us such cinematic fairy tales as Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries. Helen (Hudson, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) is an adorable hipster whose swift rise up the fashion industry ladder gets sideswiped when she finds herself responsible for raising three children, left in her care by the untimely death of one of her sisters. It's a standard frivolous-girl-grows-up story with an uneven script, but solidly performed by Hudson, John Corbett (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), ever-sexy Helen Mirren (Calendar Girls), and especially Joan Cusack (In and Out, Addams Family Values), who takes an obnoxious, uptight suburban mom and makes her the movie's emotional core. It's a miracle of acting alchemy; Cusack is one of contemporary comedy's most crucial performers. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Don't waste your time!
Aside from the extremely predictable plot, bad acting on almost everyone's part, and unbelievable behavior on the part of the pastor, this movie has little to redeem it. In fact, after watching it once, I quickly gave it away. Don't waste your time.
Rating:  - Formulaic yet forgivable because of Hudson's undeniable charm...
Kate Hudson is adorable. We all know this, we all agree with this, we all believe this wholesouled and the probably explains why we can't stay away from her movies, no matter how ridiculously unoriginal they may be. That said; `Raising Helen' is one of those `been there done that, seen it all before' type films that, staring any other actor would be wept under the table and forgotten about long before it was ever released, but because it stars the undeniably luminous Hudson we all flock to it in ... Read More
Rating: - Sexist pronatist garbage
A previous reviewer noted that the deceased sister wished to teach Helen 'a lesson in parenting.'
This idea has stuck with me because of the unspoken corellary that a young footloose sucessful career woman NEEDS to have a 'lesson in parenting' because being a mother is the be all and end all for ALL women.
The assumption is that all women need and want children, and will have them, and that all of us who do NOT are just fooling ourselves and need a sitcom-like twist to show us ... Read More
Rating: - A Bit Sacharine
Everything is a little too cute and sweet and wholesome. My teeth ache from watching: three orphans, their cute aunt try to raise them, while dating an impossibly wholesome minister. oi-vey!
Still, i DID watch the whole thing, so that's saying something.
Rating: - "Lorenzo" Not Included.
The oscar nominated animated short film "Lorenzo", which was screened with Raising Helen in theatres and was originally announced as a part of this DVD release, is not included in the DVD. If you are interested in this DVD simply for Lorenzo please be advised. I hope this was helpful to some and at least informative to others.
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