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A Little Help
2011 1h 49m R
Comedy
,
Drama
,
Romance
5.6
42%
30%
53%
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A woman gets entangled in a series of bizarre lies in order to take care of herself and her 12-year-old son.
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Directed By
Michael J. Weithorn
Written By
Michael J. Weithorn
Studio
Secret Handshake Entertainment
Cast of A Little Help
Jenna Fischer
Laura
Chris O'Donnell
Bob
Kim Coates
Mel Kaminsky
Lesley Ann Warren
Joan
Sara Kapner
Wendy Helms
Brooke Smith
Kathy Helms
Daniel Yelsky
Dennis Pehlke
Jay Klaitz
Patient
Rob Benedict
Paul Helms
Zach Page
Kyle Helms
Sarah Wilson
Amanda
Sam McMurray
Big Bad Dan
James Rebhorn
Dr. Bronstein
Joy Suprano
Julie Cantoni
Ron Leibman
Warren Dunning
Michelle Hurst
Eileen
Matt Oberg
Minister
Douglas Lipman
Doug
Carla Briscoe
Kristen
Elaine Kussack
Sara
Brandon Perler
Noah
Miles Williams
Christopher
Arden Myrin
Ms. Gallagher
Nadia Dajani
Angela Behar
Gracie Lawrence
Gracie
Dion DiMucci
Dion
Jim Florentine
Brian Markland
Kristen Boulé
Waitress
Lynn Cohen
Mrs. Cosolito
Shari Albert
Rhonda
Aida Turturro
Nancy Feldman
Jacob Levine
Seth Feldman
Millie Trachtenberg
Scornful Parent
A Little Help Reviews
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
"A Little Help" settles for familiar and modest payoffs. It's not much. Yet Fischer clearly relishes the chance to play someone who's a demurely reckless mess.
Detroit News
Tom Long
A Little Help doesn't dazzle, and you can pick at its parts, but Fischer's performance gives the movie a sense of romantic weariness that lingers. Life is a series of disasters to be weathered, no matter how cute you are.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
It's no disaster, just OK, with Fischer boosting it a notch or two from what it otherwise would be.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Calvin Wilson
With a little help from films like this, Fischer could trade her small-screen fame for multiplex stardom.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
It finds its footing in a morose but funny reflection of life upended.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
This is one of the smarter, more honest scripts to be filmed in quite some time. And Jenna Fischer gives one of the smarter, more honest - and vulnerable, and tough - performances by an actress on the big screen in an even longer stretch.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's manipulative, yes, but clever and persuasive in its manipulations.
Washington Post
John DeFore
The next chapter in Laura's story might be something worth rooting for, but here's hoping she has a different writer penning her lines.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
It's not that Jenna Fischer is miscast in "A Little Help.'' It's that she's mis-everything else: misused, misdirected, misanthropic.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Though the enjoyable prickliness of the film's early scenes soon dissolves into cozy solutions, a sturdy supporting cast - even Ron Leibman's scenery-chewing turn as Laura's blowhard father is more amusing than annoying - balances the scales.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
A lackluster, weirdly paced and ultimately dull story of a woman in crisis - played for laughs, except there aren't any.
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
A Little Help doesn't settle for the dark comedy it should have been.
Los Angeles Times
Sheri Linden
If the film takes too long to reach its rather soft denouement, Fischer makes Laura's awakening convincing.
AV Club
Nathan Rabin
It's difficult to figure out exactly where the film might be heading at any given point, since it follows the loping, meandering rhythms and casualness of a character study rather than conforming to the conventions of any particular genre.
Entertainment Weekly
Keith Staskiewicz
Fischer's performance is sweet and subtle, but the film can be so understated in tone and plot that it's hard to tell if it's actually saying anything.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
File this one in the same category of edgy Long Island comedies as the equally smart 2008 Alec Baldwin film "Lymelife."
Philadelphia City Paper
Sam Adams
For a movie without much on its mind, A Little Help is impressively determined in its downward spiral, with only the minimum uplift to prevent audiences from walking straight out of the theater and into oncoming traffic.
HollywoodChicago.com
Brian Tallerico
Despite the best efforts by Jenna Fischer playing against type as a smoking, drinking newly-single mother, A Little Help is a mess.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
I first saw A Little Help back during the 2010 Seattle International Film Festival. It was without question the very worst film I had the disservice of sitting through the entire festival.
Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Ultimately, the film is best appreciated as a welcome big-screen starring vehicle for Fischer, who expertly navigates the comedic and dramatic demands of a role that keeps her onscreen for virtually the entire running time.
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