I Don't Know How She Does It
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: September 16, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
17
Negative:
11
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Boston GlobeHayley KaufmanSep 15, 2011
Occasionally veers so far into absurdity that it manages to make its central character - capable, smart, working mom Kate Reddy - look like a nitwit. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumSep 14, 2011
The second insurmountable problem is the difference between Parker's performance as a fortysomething banker, wife, and mother musing (in voice-over) at her computer and her previous performance as a single, thirtysomething girl-about-town in "Sex and the City": There is none. I don't know why she does it. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternSep 15, 2011
Long after lice from her children's school infested Kate's scalp, I was scratching my head about why a 91-minute movie seemed so long. The answer came from reframing the question. Why was a string of sitcom problems stretched to 91 minutes? Read full review
30
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonSep 13, 2011
She is also played by Sarah Jessica Parker, a performer so aggressively determined to make us like her that no work-life conflicts in the film ever gain any traction; we're too distracted by the actress's manic tics (the head tilts, the popping of the wounded-deer eyes) to notice any real adversity. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithSep 16, 2011
The good news about I Don't Know How She Does It is that it's so bad that it's another ovary-punch to the formula chick flick. Bring on more films like "Bridesmaids." Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie PunterSep 15, 2011
It's a going-through-the-motions domestic comedy that makes, say, "Cheaper By The Dozen" look like a heart-warming, cutting-edge laugh riot. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliSep 15, 2011
Spiffy-looking, well-intentioned but ultimately witless film. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundSep 14, 2011
The witticisms are delivered via a suffocating glut of audience hand-holding, which includes constant doc-style confessionals, whimsical on-screen text, studio-audience sound effects, voices in Kate's head, and voiceover narration. Read full review
20
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaSep 14, 2011
It's definitely not taking advantage of a talented supporting cast, as Greg Kinnear, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Meyers and Christina Hendricks are among those wasted. Read full review
20
Time OutKeith UhlichSep 13, 2011
Only Kinnear manages to give his role some shades beyond the broadly farcical, though even he ultimately succumbs to his leading lady's toothy grin and Oprah-sanctioned bromides. Read full review
12
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanSep 15, 2011
Insipid, unfunny and cliche-ridden. Read full review
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