Bobby
“The performances are A-grade… Helen Hunt makes a glowing return to the silver screen.”
Clint Morris
Moviehole
A Good Woman
“Hunt is statuesque and terrifying at sharp angles, if not particularly funny, and her scenes with poor Tuppy as he tries to court her in the plainest English he can manage are the film’s sweetest and saddest.”
Mike Russell
The Oregonian
“Ms. Hunt turns in a measured, multifaceted performance as Mrs. Erlynne, erasing all memory of Jamie Stemple Buchman in TV’s Mad About You and Carol Connelly in As Good As It Gets, for which won an Oscar. Behind her calm, collected demeanor and her fashionable garb and perfect coiffures lies a woman trying desperately to save her soul.”
Mario Tarradell
The Dallas Morning News
“The role of Mrs Erlynne, a woman still radiantly beautiful, but with lines on her face that betray her vintage, is made for her and she is nothing short of stunning in the part, giving what is, without a doubt, the best performance of her career. Sympathetic, vulnerable, scheming, manipulative, incredibly complicated and layered, Hunt’s Mrs. Erlynne is a complete creation, never less than entirely credible and totally involving.”
Scott Andrews
FilmFocus
Life x 3
“The show is also impeccably cast: Hunt is ideal as the brutally reactionary Sonia whose defenses are frequently beyond her control.”
Matthew Murray
Talkin’ Broadway
“In the hands of a more affected, less attractive actress, the role might have been insufferable. But Hunt, looking lovelier than ever, gives a completely natural and thoroughly seductive performance. The character may not appear as warm as others she has played, but Hunt manages to imbue her with the mix of laid-back flirtatiousness and unassuming wit that distinguishes her best work.”
Elysa Gardner
USA Today
“Sonia’s response, “He just brushed his teeth,” touches off more chuckles thanks to one of Helen Hunt’s signature declarative readings.”
David Finkle
Theater Mania
What Women Want
“The early comic scenes are so broadly conceived you may not believe that a palatable (and even pleasurable) movie waits in the wings. That movie arrives with Hunt, who has never brought this much glamor to a big-screen role.”
Robert Denerstein
Scripps Howard News Service
Pay It Forward
“Ms. Hunt’s performance is vulnerable, direct and without vanity.”
A.O. Scott
The New York Times
“Hunt, one of the most empathetic of actresses, smoothly draws us into the life of this uncertain woman.”
Kenneth Turan
LA Times
“Ms. Hunt’s tight, economic performance captures her character’s gritty strength and despair.”
Phillip Wuntch
The Dallas Morning News
As Good As It Gets
“Helen Hunt is a revelation.”
Richard Corliss
Time Magazine
“Hunt more than holds her own with Nicholson.”
Barry Caine
The Oakland Times
“Brooks has the almost unfair advantage of Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt, who got her role after Brooks couldn’t land Holly Hunter. Bad break, Holly. Good break, moviegoers. Actors tend to turn into white noise when they have to work against Nicholson, but Hunt takes her half of the screen and holds it.”
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
“Helen Hunt gets high marks for holding her own against so much star power. As Carol–a down-on-her-luck waitress whose bad luck extends to the sour Melvin’s insisting on eating at her station every day–Hunt matches Nicholson growl for growl and arched eyebrow for arched eyebrow. She gives a tough, touching performance that should erase any doubt that she has what it takes for the big screen.”
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
“As all-stops-out as Nicholson is, “As Good as It Gets” wouldn’t succeed without its excellent co-stars, especially Hunt. Best known for her starring role in TV’s “Mad About You,” she has done excellent work in under-seen films like “The Waterdance” and “Kiss of Death.” There’s a newly visible maturity and a feisty stability to her characterization of Carol that works beautifully with Nicholson’s swooping highs and lows. It’s a class act and hopefully it means Hunt’s days of A-list stardom are just beginning.”
Kenneth Turan
LA Times
“Hunt delivers one of the year’s most appealing performances as a Brooklyn single mother.”
Mike Clark
USA Today
“Ms. Hunt is irresistible.”
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
“Helen Hunt plays Carol, the waitress, and if there’s any such thing as a sure thing Oscar nomination, this performance is it. Hunt has this amazing face that, capable of the most fantastic and subtle expressions, which she puts to good use in this pained, potent, affecting and funny performance.”
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDwire
“Hunt, long a top TV sitcom star in the US, is wonderfully adept at comic repartee as the long-suffering Carol, dishing it out as well as she takes it, but she’s also genuine and moving.”
Angie Errigo
Empire Online
The Waterdance
“As equally — if not more — affecting is Hunt’s performance as Joel’s married girlfriend, a compassionate woman who finds she can’t say or do the right thing in an unwinnable situation. (Her lovemaking scene with Stoltz behind drawn curtains is a thing of poignancy and sensuality.) Like Jodie Foster, Hunt exhibits an intelligence that can cut through the densest of emotions; hopefully, this film will bring her the roles she’s long deserved.”
Steve Davis
Austin Chronicle
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
“Stunningly well played by Helen Hunt as Kathy Miller
James Brown
LA Times
“The acting is first rate, particularly that of Helen Hunt who is most convincing.”
Frank Torrez
LA Herald Examiner
“A deeply affecting performance by Helen Hunt.”
Judith Crist
TV Guide
