Nice effects though.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Absolutely the worst movie.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The only thing good about this movie is Jenna Fischer, and she's very, very good. Otherwise, the acting is mediocre at best and the story, dialog and direction are pretty bad. Only Fischer's perfect performance in a ridiculous movie makes it worth watching.It IS a comedy, by the way, despite what some online reviewers have said. It just doesn't work as a comedy, or as a drama, or as anything else... except as a vehicle for Fischer's unique gift for playing likable, thoroughly and consistently entertaining losers, who also are totally believable human beings - not by any means an easy feat. She's almost a female Woody Allen, except she's not an obnoxious, whining, passive-aggressive, self-aggrandizing pervert.

No real morality issue here, this is a story of people like Jenna Fisher ("The Office") who loses her husband (brief performance by Chris O'Donnell as handsome but cheating spouse), and has to re-think her life.Look for Brooke Smith as Jenna's resentful sister, she is jealous her sister was the prettier one and leads a "charmed life being lucky" according to her. Again, never judge a person by their externals, the same goes for the lies her son uses to pretend his dad died as a hero during 9/11, and there are some good scenes of their L.I. neighborhood.Overall good film with some stereotypes, nothing deep but good sardonic real-life humor, which I prefer to the usual drivel offered as comedy by Hollywood mainstream. 8/10.

A little help was a surprisingly nice family drama. It isn't your average Hollywood movie. If you expect the typical Sandra Bullock feature, you probably won't like it. If you expect Jenna Fisher's character to be a perfect middle-class mother, you probably won't like it either. It isn't Pleasantville. Her characters smokes and drinks too much. She and her son gets into big fights, sometimes about nothing. And it isn't supposed to be funny like an episode of Married with children or a Wes Anderson movie.If you are looking for a movie with realistic family dynamic and flawed characters who try to do their best, you should watch this movie. Jenna Fisher has a few memorable scenes throughout with her controlling mother-in-law, a litigation lawyer and her son. Despite all her quirks, she is pretty much adorable. Actually, her flaws in the movie make her adorable and cool. It seems that some people did not like the movie because they felt frustrated at the main character's actions. In their eyes, Jenna Fisher's character never does the *right* thing. Sure she made a few bad decisions like lying for her son. On the other hand, I get the feeling that some of the haters just identified themselves with the slimy lawyer or some of the other very judgmental and controlling characters.This is not a must-watch movie but I would definitely recommend it.

I have no idea how this film can be rated anything above 2/10. The film is utterly pointless in every facet. Every frame is annoying.I am a fan of the TV show "The Office", but I find Jenna Fisher's character in that show annoying. I guess playing annoying characters is her talent, because her character in this film is incredibly annoying throughout the film. It's hard to expand on that without including spoilers (not that anything could "spoil" this film more than the awful script already does); and I hate reviews with spoilers.As I said, this film is pointless. Nothing is resolved. The main character (Fishcher) is an idiot who learns nothing and grows not one iota. Her son is a liar and an idiot who changes not one iota. She has problems; her son has problems; her sister and brother-in-law have problems; her nephew has problems, and on and on... None of these things are resolved. No point is made. The main character "grows" some reviewers claim? Did we watch the same movie? Fisher's character does one aggravatingly-stupid thing after another; me and my wife kept saying "Why would she do that?" This movie is a pointless, poorly-acted crapfest.