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" Being the mother to a 2-year-old is like being a movie star without the critics, says Sarah Jessica Parker&amp;#039;s Kate Reddy in I Don&amp;#039;t Know How She Does It. These could be words from SJP herself, whose last cinematic foray Sex and the City 2 took a severe beating from movie journos last year. This Americanised adaptation of Allison Pearson&amp;#039;s bestseller is thankfully better than SATC2, yet with a strong cast and script from The Devil Wears Prada&amp;#039;s Aline Brosh McKenna, you&amp;#039;d think higher ambitions might be on show. I Don&amp;#039;t Know How She Does It is a fluffy, light-weight romantic comedy that sorely lacks the comedic snap of the aforementioned Prada and Sandra Bullock&amp;#039;s The Proposal. Parker&amp;#039;s mother Kate works for a high-flying financial firm supporting her husband, architect Richard (Greg Kinnear) and their two young children. Juggling work and family leaves Kate permanently frazzled, and when her company strikes a new deal the heroine finds herself jetting back and forth across the country with Jack Abelhammer (Pierce Brosnan). Her closeness to the suave businessman (who reveals he&amp;#039;s a widower over a Martini) puts her under further strain. It&amp;#039;s tough to empathise with Kate, who with her good job, home and husband deliberates the ways to improve her already cushy middle-class life. The prospect of an affair with Jack linger over the film, yet the filmmakers never push it far enough to make the will they-won&amp;#039;t they infidelity a real dramatic crux. I Don&amp;#039;t Know How She Does It clumsily uses a talking heads conceit to get its point across, but it&amp;#039;s a technique that jars somewhat as director Douglas McGrath drops the documentary aesthetic for the rest of the film. Some breaking-the-fourth wall from Parker also falls flat. Perhaps some advice from her husband Matthew Broderick, who mastered the to-camera schtick in Ferris Bueller, would have helped? The supporting cast is well-stocked with familiar faces, although most get short shrift in the 89-minute running time. Mad Men&amp;#039;s Christina Hendricks is the chief victim, present seemingly to deliver the film&amp;#039;s final gag. The Daily Show&amp;#039;s Olivia Munn is the real find, though. As Kate&amp;#039;s assistant Momo, her acerbic bon mots provoke some genuine laughs. Momo&amp;#039;s unwavering devotion to her career and corporate drone appearance make her the most entertaining thing about this rickety comedy. Her declaration that an &amp;quot;XO&amp;quot; email or text sign-off translates to &amp;quot;enter me&amp;quot; is a particular highlight. Despite the best efforts of Munn and the capable cast, I Don&amp;#039;t Know How She Does It can barely sustain its fleeting duration because, deep down, all it really seems to be about is mastering the art of multitasking.   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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