This film is directed by Helen Hunt, which makes sense, as she plays the 39 year-old "love interest" of Matthew Broderick and Colin Firth. Sadly, and no offense to Ms. Hunt, but viewers would have to be on drugs to see her as 39 years-old. In the film she looks much closer to 55. I would have enjoyed the film much more if the actor had been somewhat younger looking, and a bit more attractive. It's just a bit hard to imagine Matthew Broderick and Colin Firth fighting over Helen Hunt. Also, the woman she plays isn't the most delightful person, and I applauded Broderick's character dumping her in the first few minutes of the film. Much like I was happy Tom Hank's character was stuck on an island for years in Cast Away and avoided marriage to Helen Hunt's character. Lucky bastard.Anyway...the film is a chick-flick, and I watched it with a chick, who agreed that both the leading men would not be fighting over someone who looks like Helen Hunt, and especially not with her sour-puss, cheerless, sad-sack, basset hound attitude. Actually it's a bit of a boring film.

I found this film to be both touching and humorous. The acting is first rate and, like life, the events are unpredictable. The characters are believable as they all present flaws. Helen Hunt does an amazing job of directing and acting in this movie. In fact, this movie was a preoccupation for her for more than a decade as she shouldered just about every aspect of its production. Colin Firth, Bette Middler and Mathew Broderick all agreed to work to scale for this picture because they so much liked the scripted and respected Helen Hunt's expertise and commitment. This is another good example showing that big budgets are not required to produce an excellent product.This is a film I shall watch repeatedly over the years.

I sat in teary, stunned silence at the end of this film. Thank God I was home and thank God I was alone. This is a STUNNING performance by Helen Hunt (who also adapted it and directed it). There simply isn't any actress, anywhere at any time, who could dare to even dream of portraying this character as well as Helen Hunt. This character completely encompasses almost everything an actress can possibly give of herself and Helen is "pure perfection" within this role. Helen portrays April with the most stunning depth, layers upon layers of truth and emotion and the tribulations of life every day. Bravo... this film and this character will, with no hesitation, turn into one of the great classics of our time.April Epner (Helen Hut) is a compelling and profoundly deep woman. She is compassionate and filled with a painful sadness...a sadness that is never fully explained. She is amazingly beautiful, physically and emotionally, and is brokenly languishing after the death of her mother and the sudden breakup of her marriage. She is not only a school teacher, but an exquisitely gifted one. She truly cares deeply for the children she teaches so lovingly...but she has no children of her own. She desperately wishes for her own...She has been betrayed...from the time she was born. Simply from watching this woman in this short snippet of time within her life, the viewer gets the feeling April Epner has been betrayed over and over during her lifetime. The betrayal purely emanates from her. To state anything more of this character would be only a desperate attempt to say something I fear would end up meaningless... If you are reading this right now, it is imperative you give yourself the true pleasure of seeing this masterpiece of a film...full of life and love and pain, pain of every description imaginable. It will move your soul and it may even change you. It absolutely changed me... I hope beyond all hope Helen Hunt is able to make more films!

It's great to see Helen Hunt back on the big screen. This time she assumes multiple roles, as director, co-writer and lead actress. Hunt proves to be quite a competent director as she tells a charming story set in a small town about a young woman (who was adopted by a Jewish lady) who desperately wants to have a baby but things go haywire when her husband leaves her, her adopt mother passes away and her eccentric birth mother unexpectedly shows up. 'Then She Found Me' is an unconventional comedy and Hunt has put a lot of heart into the making. With a solid screenplay, the film successfully keeps the viewer involved. She reunites with Matthew Broderick on screen after almost twenty years and her pairing with Colin Firth works very well. Even though Broderick and Firth have played similar roles earlier, it fun watching them matching wits with Hunt. Then there's a joyful Bette Midler who totally rocks as the eccentric talk-show host/mother. Yet, this is Helen Hunt's film. She's been playing supporting roles of late but with 'Then She Found Me' she proves that she can still lead a film. I admire that she has made her own thing and succeeded in giving us a gem of a movie. Hats off to the multi-talented Ms. Hunt.