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.
Acting
Sarah Jessica Parker's barely-contained panic is masterful.
Writing
The to-do list voiceovers hit uncomfortably close.
Director
Douglas McGrath
Sarah Jessica Parker
Kate Reddy
Pierce Brosnan
Jack Abelhammer
Greg Kinnear
Richard Reddy
Christina Hendricks
Allison Henderson
Kelsey Grammer
Clark Cooper
Seth Meyers
Chris Bunce
Olivia Munn
Momo Hahn
Jane Curtin
Marla Reddy
Mark Blum
Lew Reddy
Busy Philipps
Wendy Best
Sarah Shahi
Janine LoPietro
Jessica Szohr
Paula
Emma Rayne Lyle
Emily Reddy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film arrived at peak 'mommy wars' media frenzy, when working mothers were public enemy number one in op-eds everywhere.
Sarah Jessica Parker produced this through her own company, essentially funding her own on-screen nervous breakdown.
US
