Raising Helen was a fun movie, particularly Kate Hudson in the lead and a cameo by the always great Felicity Huffman. Familiar story covers a young woman(Hudson) who "inherets" her dead sisters kids. Naturally, she being a young and free fun loving you adult, gets taste of real life and grows up.
Predictable in every way, this is nonetheless a stylish and snappy vehicle to Hudson, but the regret should come from Marshall, who should know better than to direct such familiar territory. Not at all as great as familiar films of earlier times. "Earthquake" was very familiar, but was done with such style and great casting, that the audience forgot. Now, it is distant and nowhere near familiar, as the disaster film is a forgotten Hollywood hoax, yet nearly all of those films(Poseidon Adventure; Towering Inferno; Earthquake; Avalanche; The Swarm; City on Fire, etc.) remain timeless and classic.
One day, maybe this film will be looked upon the same way...
Predictable in every way, this is nonetheless a stylish and snappy vehicle to Hudson, but the regret should come from Marshall, who should know better than to direct such familiar territory. Not at all as great as familiar films of earlier times. "Earthquake" was very familiar, but was done with such style and great casting, that the audience forgot. Now, it is distant and nowhere near familiar, as the disaster film is a forgotten Hollywood hoax, yet nearly all of those films(Poseidon Adventure; Towering Inferno; Earthquake; Avalanche; The Swarm; City on Fire, etc.) remain timeless and classic.
One day, maybe this film will be looked upon the same way...