A Little Help

– It's a movie for everyone whose life has been thrown off-course, out of whack, or simply not turned ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 49 Minutes
Release Year:
2010
A Little Help (2010)

It's a movie for everyone whose life has been thrown off-course, out of whack, or simply not turned out the way they planned it. In other words, it's a movie for everyone, period. Set in suburban Long Island in the summer of 2002, with the psychic wounds of 9/11 still fresh, A Little Help is a story that takes a comic, searching and profoundly empathetic look at a few pivotal months in the life of dental hygienist Laura Pehlke (Jenna Fischer)-an ordinary woman whose life suddenly flies off the rails-and her heroic efforts to re-establish a sense of security and normalcy for herself and her son.

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Producing Country:
USA
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A Little Help (2010) - Trailer

Release Date:

22 Jul 2011

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Michael J. Weithorn

Writer:

Michael J. Weithorn

Main Actors:

Jenna Fischer, Jay Klaitz, Daniel Yelsky, Brooke Smith

Plot:

Dental hygienist Laura Pehlke's marriage has become sexless and dysfunctional. Because she drinks and smokes too much and has let her appearance go, she suspects her husband is cheating on her. When he suddenly dies, she finds herself buckling in to her controlling sister and mother who push her into initiating a lawsuit she doesn't want to pursue against her husband's doctor and sending her introverted, troubled son to an elite private school he doesn't want to attend. Things get more complicated when she finds her son has told classmates his father is a dead 9-11 hero, and her brother-in-law confesses he's always loved her, not her sister. Laura needs "a little help" to deal with her life.

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Gross profit:

$85,789

Production:

Freestyle Releasing

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
41%
Metacritic:
54%