Then She Found Me is a movie directed by Helen Hunt in 2007 and inspired by the book of the same name by Elinor Lipman, first published in 1990. The movie features Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, Ben Shenkman, Lynn Cohen, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
But the movie is worth watching.
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Storyline
Eager to start a family, schoolteacher April Epner is thrust into uncertainty when her husband unexpectedly leaves her. Her world is further shaken when she encounters her unconventional birth mother, a self-centered talk show host far from the ideal mom. Initially resistant to both her birth mother and the advances of a divorced father, April eventually discovers her life unfolding in unexpected ways.
Movie vs Book
Year
2007
Minutes
100
Movie Rate
6.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1990
Pages
307
Book Rate
6.88
S: Goodreads
Book
Then She Found Me
Author: Elinor Lipman
Country: USA
First published in: 1990
Length: 307 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I liked the film very much but I found working on it incredibly stressful; I would probably not adapt my own work again - you need to have distance from the book.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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