Story of movie I Don%27t Know How She Does It : I Don't Know How She Does It is a 2011 American comedy film based on Allison Pearson's novel of the same name. Directed by Douglas McGrath, the film stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear. It was released on September 16, 2011 and grossed $30 million against its $24 million budget.
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| Directed by | Douglas McGrath |
| Produced by | Donna Gigliotti |
| Screenplay by | Aline Brosh McKenna |
| Based on | I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson |
| Starring | Sarah Jessica Parker Pierce Brosnan Greg Kinnear Christina Hendricks Olivia Munn Busy Philipps |
| Music by | Aaron Zigman |
| Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh |
| Edited by | Camilla Toniolo |
| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $24 million |
| Box office | $30.6 million |
Screenplay
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Kate Reddy
- Pierce Brosnan as Jack Abelhammer
- Greg Kinnear as Richard Reddy
- Busy Philipps as Wendy Best
- Olivia Munn as Momo Hahn
- Christina Hendricks as Allison Henderson
- Emma Rayne Lyle as Emily Reddy
- Kelsey Grammer as Clark Cooper
- Jessica Szohr as Paula
- Seth Meyers as Chris Bunce
- Jane Curtin as Marla Reddy
- Sarah Shahi as Janine LoPietro
- Theodore and Julius Goldberg as Ben Reddy
- Leslie Guzman as Lola Laughningle
- Natalie Gold
I Don't Know How She Does It was released for North American audiences on September 16, 2011.
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 16% based on 110 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10. The site described the film as " limp comedy with a hopelessly outdated viewpoint on gender, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker in rote Carrie-mode." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 38 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B–" on an A+ to F scale.
Sarah Jessica Parker earned a Razzie Award nomination as Worst Actress for her performance in the movie (also for New Year's Eve), but lost to Adam Sandler for his performance in drag in Jack and Jill.
Box office
I Don't Know How She Does It opened at #6 on its opening weekend with $4,402,201. It earned $9,662,284 in the United States as well as $20,889,211 internationally for a worldwide total of $30,551,495.
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