Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies. But suddenly her free-spirited life gets turned upside down when she must chose between the life she's always loved, and the new loves of her life!
[Garry Marshall] piles on the cornball touches with the sledgehammer effect of a bad sitcom director.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
7 Jun 2004
rotten:
This ode to the most stifling aspects of family and motherhood make you feel like the hicks have all uprooted themselves and moved into the front office at Touchstone.
– Charles Taylor,
Salon.com,
29 May 2004
rotten:
Almost nothing about Raising Helen rings very true, other than the camera's crush on Kate Hudson.
– Mike Clark,
USA Today,
28 May 2004
rotten:
Even those who seek the undemanding entertainment of life troubles being bravely dealt with might end up wishing they were given more than just sitcom resolutions.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
28 May 2004
rotten:
There's no real conflict, and the screenplay sometimes approaches idiocy.