Author: Sarah Jessica Parker

Format: DVD-Video

Release Date: 03-01-2012

Details: Amazon.ca The archetypal single gal from Sex and the City dives into family life in I Don't Know How She Does It. Kate Reddy, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, could easily be Carrie Bradshaw's alternate life: a rising finance analyst, Kate feels guilty for short-changing her husband (Greg Kinnear) and two children. When she gets the opportunity to work with a high-powered exec (Pierce Brosnan), the already tense family relationship gets stretched to the breaking point and Kate has to make some hard choices. I Don't Know How She Does It is pure formula, but executed well. The entire cast (also including Christina Hendricks as a single-mom best friend, Kelsey Grammer as an overbearing boss, Seth Meyers as a sniping rival, and a scene-stealing Olivia Munn as Kate's assistant) play their parts with skill, while Parker's rapport with Kinnear is particularly warm and persuasive. Moreover, you have to admire the sheer chutzpah of hammering home political points about double standards in the workplace and then delivering a fairy-tale ending. Men have realized the importance of family over work in dozens upon dozens of cookie-cutter heartwarming flicks; apparently it's time that women got the opportunity to do the same. No doubt this signifies some important cultural shift; college theses are waiting to be written about it. --Bret Fetzer Special Features A Conversation with Best Selling Author Allison Pearson From the Studio Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Munn and Christina Hendricks star in I Don’t Know How She Does It, a comedy from director Douglas McGrath (Emma, Infamous) and producer Donna Gigliotti (The Reader, Let Me In). Based on the critically acclaimed bestseller by Allison Pearson, I Don’t Know How She Does It follows a Boston-based working mother trying desperately to juggle marriage, children, and a high-stress job. Kate Reddy (Parker) devotes her days to her job with a Boston-based financial management firm. At night she goes home to her adoring, recently-downsized architect husband Richard (Kinnear) and their two young children. It’s a non-stop balancing act, the same one that Kate’s acerbic best friend and fellow working mother Allison (Christina Hendricks) performs on a daily basis, and that Kate’s super-brainy, child-phobic young junior associate Momo (Olivia Munn) fully intends to avoid. When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, Richard also wins the new job he’s been hoping for—and both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate’s charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer (Brosnan), who begins to prove an unexpected source of temptation. Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Munn et Christina Hendricks sont en vedette dans Je ne sais pas comment elle fait, une comédie du réalisateur Douglas McGrath (Emma, Infamous) et de la productrice Donna Gigliotti (Le liseur, Laisse-moi entrer). D’après le roman acclamé d’Allison Pearson, Je ne sais pas comment elle fait relate les péripéties d’une mère de famille et femme d’affaires de Boston qui tente désespérément de concilier mariage, vie de famille et emploi exigeant. Le jour, Kate Reddy (Parker) travaille sans relâche dans une entreprise de gestion financière à Boston. Le soir, elle retourne chez elle auprès de Richard, son adorable mari architecte récemment au chômage (Kinnear), et leurs deux adorables enfants. Sa vie est constamment en équilibre précaire, tout comme celle de sa meilleure amie acerbe Allison (Christina Hendricks), qui doit également jongler avec une carrière une famille. Sa jeune partenaire Momo (Olivia Munn), quant à elle, a une phobie des enfants et veut à tout prix éviter ce mode de vie. Lorsque Kate se voit confier un important nouveau projet pour lequel elle devra fréquemment se rendre à New York, Richard obtient également l’emploi qu’il avait convoité ; les deux doivent alors redoubler d’efforts. Pour compliqu

UPC: 065935572596

EAN: 0065935572596

Languages: French

Binding: DVD

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