4.6 Score

2004 • 1h 59min • PG-13 • Comedy, Drama, Romance

Raising Helen

"Her uptown life gets turned inside out!"

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!

IMDb 6.0

RT 25%

MC 38

Director

Garry Marshall

Writers

Jack Amiel

Michael Begler

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Kate Hudson

Helen Harris

John Corbett

Pastor Dan Parker

Joan Cusack

Jenny Portman

Hayden Panettiere

Audrey Davis

Spencer Breslin

Henry Davis

Abigail Breslin

Sarah Davis

Helen Mirren

Dominique Courier

Felicity Huffman

Lindsay Davis

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Joan Cusack Jenny Portman

Hayden Panettiere Audrey Davis

Spencer Breslin Henry Davis

Abigail Breslin Sarah Davis

Helen Mirren Dominique Courier

Felicity Huffman Lindsay Davis

Kevin Kilner Ed Portman

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Héctor Elizondo Mickey Massey

Sean O'Bryan Paul Davis

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