If you loved The Last Word, try Raising Helen

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Last Word

2008 · dir. Geoffrey Haley

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Raising Helen

2004 · dir. Garry Marshall

What they share

Theysit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Last Word, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Raising Helen is

Somebody decided Garry Marshall could do a serviceable job with single motherhood. A woman inherits her sister's three children after she dies. It's a Disney film, so you can guess what happens, with no surprises.

If you loved The Last Word, try Raising Helen

The Last Word

Raising Helen

What they share

What Raising Helen is

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