Los Angeles Times
"[U]nexpectedly sharp, light and appealing, a testament to Hunt's skills behind the camera." 04/25/2008New York Times
"The movie is unusually sensitive to the anxieties around adoption....Ms. Hunt takes every opportunity to avoid easy comic schtick and cutesy-poo sentimentality in an effort to make her characters act and sound like real people." 04/25/2008 Box Office
"What is especially impressive is how Hunt consistently creates dry, deadpan hilarity from the messy stuff of real life....Clearly committed to the material, Hunt extracts exquisitely subtle performances from her accomplished cast..." 05/01/2008 p.58 Entertainment Weekly
"The characters are given enough space to demonstrate that they have at least two and a half dimensions....Hunt's performance is terrific..." -- Grade: B 05/01/2008 p.100 USA Today
"[T]here are some emotional insights in the mother-daughter relationship at the heart of the film....Hunt draws some good performances from the cast and wisely chose a low-key personal story for her directorial debut." 05/09/2009 Empire
3 stars out of 5 -- "This is a decidedly mature comedy drama, with Hunt on form both as director and star." 10/01/2008 p.64 Sight and Sound
"Hunt and her co-writers have created a bittersweet comedy which treads similar ground to SIDEWAYS or AS GOOD AS IT GETS, but which offers a fresh feminised perspective on mid-life melancholia." 10/01/2008 p.84-85 | 
