Movie: Raising Helen (2004)

• Director: Garry Marshall
• Release Date: 28 May 2004 (USA)
• Run Time: 119 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Drama , Romance  
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for thematic issues involving teens.

Tagline: Helen help us.

Trivia: Kate Hudson was pregnant during part of the filming. In the scene at the end of the film, she subconsciously touches her midriff as she walks.
 

Goofs: Continuity: In the post funeral scene where neighbors are delivering food, Helen accepts a cake then shifts it to her left hand to accept a casserole. The next neighbor holds out another casserole and Helen shifts the first casserole to her left hand which is now empty. When she takes them to the kitchen the cake is on the counter stacked atop another cake.
 

“Helen Harris is living the life she’s always dreamed of: her career at a top modeling agency is on the rise; she spends her days at fashion shows and her nights at the city’s hottest clubs. But her carefree lifestyle comes to a screeching halt when one phone call changes everything. Helen soon finds herself responsible for her sister’s children: 15-year-old Audrey, 10-year-old Henry, and 5-year-old Sarah. No one doubts that Helen is the coolest aunt in New York, but what does this glamour girl know about raising kids? The fun begins as Helen goes through the transformation from super-hip to super-mom, but she quickly finds that dancing at 3a.m. doesn’t mix with getting kids to school on time–advice that Helen’s older sister, Jenny, is only too quick to dish out. Along the way, Helen finds support in the most unusual place–with Dan Parker, the handsome young pastor and principal of the kids’ new school–and realizes the choice she has to make is between the life she’s always loved and the new loves of her life. Written by Sujit R. Varma”