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First of all, this is not a chick flick. It’s a story about modern parenthood. In “I don’t know how she does it” Sarah Jessica Parker plays Kate, a happily married mother of two who lands the chance to pitch a new deal for her investment firm. The project will require her to work longer hours than she usually does and last minute travel to different cities.
Kate’s husband is played by Greg Kinnear, an architect, who just branched out on his own during this economic downturn, is pitching his own first major deal but is happy to support his wife and they encourage each other to go for their dreams. He has no idea that his wife would be spending countless hours with the incredibly good-looking and single client (played by Pierce Brosnon) nor that this would start to challenge their marriage.
I started to cry from the moment the film started. This was sort of the story of my life when I worked as a high-powered executive at a leading advertising agency. Kate’s character is forever making lists in her head—what mom doesn’t have lists? We have to keep it all together and most times find ourselves being more organized the busier we are.
Then there’s the competition from the other mom’s at school. The seemingly perfect ones, whose hair is never out of place, arms are toned and can bake a pie from scratch. We hate them, don’t we? Kate struggles with trying to be a supermom, superwife and superworker and feeling as if she can have it all. When I wasn’t crying I was laughing out loud. Unlike other “mom” movies, this one really resonated with me. Especially the head lice scene (yes, my kids and I have had them- and yes, I’m not afraid to admit it) which is hysterical and the poignant scene rushing to the hospital from a business trip because your child is in the emergency room. This was a little eerie- had I met author Allison Pearson before and is this the story of my life?
SJP is adorable as always. Pierce Bronson is perfect as the uptight client and Greg Kinnear is cute as-can-be as the adoring husband. But, there were several scene stealing moments played by Christina Hendricks, as Allison, Kate’s best friend, and also by Olivia Munn, who plays the acerbic assistant to SJP’s Kate.
I think anyone who is a Mom or married to a working mom will enjoy this. It’s genuine, funny and fresh and yes, you will cry. More. Than. Once.
“I don’t know how she does it” opens in theaters Friday, September 16, 2011.
SJP answers questions at preview of her new film earlier this week.
