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.
Movie: A Little Help
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Laura
Bob
Mel Kaminsky
Joan
Wendy Helms
Kathy Helms
Dennis Pehlke
Patient
Paul Helms
Kyle Helms
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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.
Release Date
2010-05-21
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5.3
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new york cityhusband wife relationshipsummer campworkaholicmarriage crisissadnessbrother-in-lawprivate schoolstressliardysfunctional familyhelplessnessgrandparentsparentingangerteenage rebellionlyingreal estatedental hygienistaspiring musiciananxietysistersteenagerteenage twinsadult treated like a child
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