Directed by:
Helen HuntCinematography:
Peter DonahueComposer:
David MansfieldCast:
Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick, Ben Shenkman, Lynn Cohen, John Benjamin Hickey, Salman Rushdie, Daisy Tahan, Tommy Nelson (more)Plots(1)
Desperate to start a family, schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) is thrown into confusion when she is unexpectedly abandoned by her husband (Broderick). She gets another shock when she meets her unusual birth mother (Midler), a self-centered talk show host who's not exactly the ideal mom. At first she rejects her, along with the attentions of a divorced dad (Firth), but then she begins to find her life opening up in ways she had never imagined. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Helen Hunt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/420/164420106_26fca8.png)
Helen Hunt
USA
Best movies:
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Cast Away (2000)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
![Bette Midler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/777/166777455_8a5e83.jpg)
Bette Midler
USA
Best movies:
The Rose (1979)
Gypsy (1993) (TV movie)
What Women Want (2000)
![Colin Firth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/139/163139225_2e79db.png)
Colin Firth
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Love Actually (2003)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
![Matthew Broderick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/671/163671631_c3f051.jpg)
Matthew Broderick
USA
Best movies:
The Lion King (1994)
Glory (1989)
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
![Ben Shenkman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274647_aa8e7b.jpg)
Ben Shenkman
USA
Best movies:
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Night Of (2016) (series)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
![Lynn Cohen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/079/158079273_327114.jpg)
Lynn Cohen
USA
Best movies:
The Station Agent (2003)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Munich (2005)
![John Benjamin Hickey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/273/160273916_8b7883.jpg)
John Benjamin Hickey
USA
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Truth (2015)
Salman Rushdie
India
Best movies:
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2002) (TV movie)
Dirty Pictures (2000) (TV movie)
![Daisy Tahan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/538/158538452_9c0e26.jpg)
Daisy Tahan
Best movies:
The Nice Guys (2016)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits (2009)
Tommy Nelson
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Meek's Cutoff (2010)
Robert LuPone
USA
Best movies:
The Doors (1991)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
High Stakes (1989)
![Chris Chalk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/181/158181612_981b9f.jpg)
Chris Chalk
Best movies:
When They See Us (2019) (series)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Rent (2005)
![Geneva Carr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278515_47a08b.jpg)
Geneva Carr
USA
Best movies:
Love and Other Drugs (2010)
One Last Thing... (2005)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2009)
![Maggie Siff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/760/162760146_a02c90.png)
Maggie Siff
USA
Best movies:
Michael Clayton (2007)
The Short History of the Long Road (2019)
The Sweet Life (2016)
![Janeane Garofalo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/755/163755517_e99396.jpg)
Janeane Garofalo
USA
Best movies:
Ratatouille (2007)
Duane Hopwood (2005)
Dogma (1999)
![Tim Robbins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/921/163921450_a7778f.jpg)
Tim Robbins
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Mystic River (2003)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
![Edie Falco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/760/163760078_273555.jpg)
Edie Falco
USA
Best movies:
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Trust (1990)
![Hristo Hristov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/908/157908764_734d1c.jpg)
Hristo Hristov
Bulgaria
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Disconnect (2012)
The Visitor (2007)
Cherise Boothe
Best movies:
Inside Man (2006)
42 (2013)
The Wool Cap (2004) (TV movie)
Marina Durell
Best movies:
Lean on Me (1989)
Innocent Blood (1992)
Badge 373 (1973)