A New York schoolteacher experiences a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies, and her biological mother, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.
Acting
Midler devours scenery; Firth smolders dangerously.
Direction
Hunt's debut shows raw, unpretty emotional authenticity.
Director
Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt
April Epner
Bette Midler
Bernice Graves
Colin Firth
Frank
Matthew Broderick
Ben Green
Ben Shenkman
Dr. Freddy Epner
Lynn Cohen
Trudy Epner
John Benjamin Hickey
Alan
Salman Rushdie
Dr. Masani
Daisy Tahan
Ruby
Tommy Nelson
Jimmy Ray
Stephanie Yankwitt
Stacey
Lillias White
Sheila
David Callegati
Gianni
Robert LuPone
Ted
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hunt spent nearly a decade trying to make this, her directorial debut, after studios kept passing on a 40+ female lead. She ultimately financed it herself.
The film quietly interrogates 2000s 'have it all' feminism—April wants baby, career, love, and biological truth, and the movie refuses to judge her for the wanting.
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