I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT
A funny, morally grounded juggling act for discerning adults.
Should You Watch It?
This is a very funny, well-constructed comedy about Kate Reddy, a mother and finance executive trying to keep her career, marriage, and family together. The film understands the exhaustion and absurdity of a working parent’s daily juggle, while celebrating life, marriage, family, and support.
That moral center matters. Kate faces romantic attention from a coworker but remains committed to her husband and family. Her assistant’s unexpected pregnancy also becomes an occasion to affirm the wonder of having a child.
The cost is substantial: foul language, obscenities, crude material, implied sexual situations, alcohol use, and some feminist ideas about the modern married career woman. Adults who can accept those concerns may find a rewarding comedy. For children and young teens, choose something else. The practical answer: discerning adults can take the trip, but this is not a family viewing choice.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESKate Reddy is a mother of two young children and a finance executive living in Boston. She loves her high-paying career, but balancing work, marriage, and caring for her children becomes increasingly difficult.
When Kate and her husband both land major jobs, her carefully managed life grows more chaotic. A huge professional opportunity brings long hours and travel, while an unexpected situation involving her assistant asks Kate to offer guidance about motherhood.
Is It Any Good?
Four stars means this is a polished, highly entertaining comedy. The script is well constructed, and the film finds plenty of humor in Kate’s attempts to manage work, children, marriage, and everyday mishaps.
The movie’s focus is clearly more appealing to women than to some other viewers, centering on the modern married career woman. Still, its comic moments and carefully built story make the chaotic juggling engaging rather than merely hectic.
The Worldview
The film has a strong moral worldview with light redemptive elements. It celebrates life, marriage, family, and the support people can offer one another. A baby is described as a miracle, and motherhood is treated as a source of wonder rather than simply an obstacle to professional success.
The movie also carries a feminist undertone in its treatment of women in the working world and the modern-day married career woman. It includes lying and other compromises as part of Kate’s attempt to manage competing responsibilities. Those ideas do not erase the film’s affirmation of marriage and family, but they complicate its picture of how work and home should be ordered.
At the heart of the story is the conviction that children and family are worth caring for, even when that calling is difficult. Scripture likewise teaches, “Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD” (Psalm 127:3).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Strong moral worldview with light redemptive elements includes comments about a baby being a miracle, stresses the importance of family, and views marriage as a positive thing with a healthy physical relationship between the couple that is only implied, but with a feminist undertone; 22 profanities, 19 obscenities and some crude descriptions and words used; no violence; implied sex between an unwed man and women, crude language towards a coworker, man suggests affair to female protagonist but she turns down, and men go to strip club but nothing is shown; no overt nudity but girls in sports bras at gym and main character’s nighttime apparel is revealing; alcohol use; no smoking or drugs; and, lying, main character talks a women out of abortion by telling about the glories of having a child, feminist comments about women in the working world, and woman constantly leaves her children for work.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
The film presents marriage and family as worth protecting amid difficult demands. What helps a marriage remain faithful and strong?
Ephesians 5:25–33 · Hebrews 13:4A baby is described as a miracle. How does Scripture shape the way we think about the value of every child?
Psalm 139:13–16 · Psalm 127:3Kate struggles to meet both professional and family responsibilities. How can your family support one another when responsibilities compete?
Galatians 6:2 · Philippians 2:3–4The film includes feminist ideas about women in the working world. What does it mean to pursue meaningful work while honoring family responsibilities?
Colossians 3:23–24 · Titus 2:4–5The Final Word
This is a funny, well-made comedy with a strong heart for life, marriage, and family. Its language and crude content make it unsuitable for children and young teens, but discerning adults may find the trip worthwhile. WORTH THE TRIP — ADULTS ONLY. For a family-friendly choice, see.
