I Don’t Know How She Does It (2011) 6/10

Starring : Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Christina Hendricks, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Meyers, Olivia Munn
Director : Douglas McGrath
Running Time : 90 mins

Kate Reddy (Parker) works for a financial management firm while simultaneously taking care of her family, including out of work husband Richard (Kinnear). Her balance between work and home is a struggle, but things become even more problematic when she is given a new account that will involve her travelling across the country on a regular basis.

This was one of those horrible movies that manage to make men look bad without doing it in an overt way. I really didn’t get why Parker’s kids were so needy; their dad wasn’t working, so couldn’t he have done all the stuff she didn’t have time to do? It was almost as if to say time stood still when Parker left the house and if it wasn’t for her nothing would get done. To be fair, she didn’t really do that impressive a job. I’ve seen plenty of women do much better than her, considering all the events she missed out on throughout the film and the fact that if she concentrated on work or home the other suffered as a result.

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