A Little Help

A Little Help

2010 · 109 min · EN · R · 5.3 (66 votes)
Dir. Michael J. Weithorn · Starring Jenna Fischer, Chris O'Donnell, Kim Coates, Lesley Ann Warren, Sara Kapner, Brooke Smith · Music Austin Wintory
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It's a movie for everyone whose life has been thrown off-course, out of whack, or simply not turned out the way they planned it. In other words, it's a movie for everyone, period. Set in suburban Long Island in the summer of 2002, with the psychic wounds of 9/11 still fresh, A Little Help is a story that takes a comic, searching and profoundly empathetic look at a few pivotal months in the life of dental hygienist Laura Pehlke (Jenna Fischer)-an ordinary woman whose life suddenly flies off the rails-and her heroic efforts to re-establish a sense of security and normalcy for herself and her son.

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A quiet, relatable portrait of a woman adrift, navigating suburban anxieties and familial chaos. It feels like a deep breath after a stressful day, finding humor and heart in life's messy detours.

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