Big Screen Blurb: I Don't Know How She Does It

When it comes to marriage, we guys really have it easy, don't we? Guys essentially get to shelve most all household responsibility as soon as the ole ring goes on the finger and the kids pop out. Get the kids up...wife's job. Get the kids dressed...wife's job. Fix the kid's breakfast...wife's job. Prepare the...well, you get the picture. It's a tough juggling act and quite frankly, I Don't Know How She Does It.

We get a few tips from Kate (Sarah Jessica Parker). After all, she does it all. Kate's a wife and mother of two. She has two kids, both under six years old. And finally, Kate is high level exec for an investment company. Plus, her career is booming...as is her husband, Richard (Greg Kinnear)...as are her kids. This leaves little else for Kate to do, but juggle, juggle and juggle some more. Things get a little more crazy when Jack Abbelhammer (Pierce Brosnan) enters the picture. He gives Kate a big career break that allows her to score big at her firm. Yadayadayada the two get closer as Kate manages many balls in the air, while trying to find time to smell the roses while managing her priorities.

It's good. I'll go with 3.0 Stars--well on the sunny side of okay. No big adulterous drama that you might expect to find. Just a real story told in a fun fashion. It's told in a The Office format, with interviews from Kate's various friends and foes. This storytelling device mixes things up a bit and gives a personal insight from fringe characters (that are otherwise non-factors) which adds to the tale. There are no earth-shattering points of drama, just real life. It's a simple story told in the midst of chaos and bears a point that will ring true for many. The message is simple: many women are forced to juggle many things that are important to them--chiefly the roles of wife, mother and employee. Sometimes you've got to pick 'job' over 'family'...sometimes it's 'family' over 'job'. The trick is knowing when to pull which string.

It's an art that Kate manages quite nicely actually, leaving all scratching their heads saying, I Don't Know How She Does It? It's worth a watch, unless you're one of the majority of guys that take full advantage of their better halves by piling their plates full. Of course, the ladies that would truly appreciate it (and may really learn a few tips from Kate) will never have time to check it out. It's those ladies who deserve to see it, and see it BIG.

True...OUT!