I Don't Know How She Does It
If it were easy, men would do it too.
If it were easy, men would do it too.
Comedy, Romance
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2011
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As an employee at a Boston-based financial firm, Kate Reddy struggles daily to balance the demands of her high-powered career with the needs of her husband, Richard, and their two children. When she gets an account that requires frequent trips to New York and her husband gets a new job, Kate finds herself spread even thinner. Complicating Kate's life even more is her new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who throws temptation into the mix.
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Details
Runtime:
89 min
Release date:
16 Sep 2011
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$24,000,000
Revenue:
$31,410,151
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
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.
– Leah Rozen,
TheWrap,
17 Sep 2011
rotten:
In the chick-flick world, hell is other women, and here specifically it's the stay-at-home wife and mother.
– Ella Taylor,
NPR,
16 Sep 2011
rotten:
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?
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
16 Sep 2011
rotten:
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.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
16 Sep 2011
rotten:
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.
– Jennie Punter,
Globe and Mail,
16 Sep 2011