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I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)

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I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)

Overview

As an employee at a Boston-based financial firm, Kate Reddy struggles daily to balance the demands of her high-powered career with the needs of her husband, Richard, and their two children. When she gets an account that requires frequent trips to New York and her husband gets a new job, Kate finds herself spread even thinner. Complicating Kate's life even more is her new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who throws temptation into the mix.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
3.9

Overview

As an employee at a Boston-based financial firm, Kate Reddy struggles daily to balance the demands of her high-powered career with the needs of her husband, Richard, and their two children. When she gets an account that requires frequent trips to New York and her husband gets a new job, Kate finds herself spread even thinner. Complicating Kate's life even more is her new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who throws temptation into the mix.


Starring Cast


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film explores the universal challenges of work-life balance for a modern working mother, presenting the problem as a personal struggle rather than a systemic issue. Its resolution emphasizes individual choices, prioritization, and family adjustments, leading to a neutral political stance.

The movie features a predominantly white main cast with some visible diversity in supporting roles, without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white characters. Its narrative centers on a white professional woman's work-life balance, presenting traditional identities neutrally or positively without explicit critique.

Secondary

The film "I Don't Know How She Does It" focuses entirely on the experiences of a heterosexual working mother. It does not feature any LGBTQ+ characters, storylines, or themes, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity within its narrative. The movie's scope is limited to the challenges of balancing a traditional family and career.

The film "I Don't Know How She Does It" focuses on the challenges of a working mother balancing career and family life. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the narrative, thus rendering the portrayal N/A.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name. All major characters, including Kate Reddy, Richard Reddy, and Chris Bunce, maintain the same gender as established in the source material. No characters canonically established as one gender were portrayed as a different gender.

The film is an adaptation of a novel. The main character, Kate Reddy, is portrayed by a white actress, consistent with her depiction in the source material. No other significant characters were established as a different race in the source material before being cast in the film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

3.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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5.0
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5.2

Critic Ratings

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1.7
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3.8

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