# Helen Hunt's mouth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 27, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555 "2020-05-27T17:38:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555/21 "2020-05-29T18:11:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Look at her in PBS’s ‘World on Fire’ > With the style and make up of the day and her hair, she looks horrible. > It works for her character, tho’. > > The show is great. Watched the first episode, and wondered, “who is that woman that looks a little like Helen Hunt?” Because no way did we think it was her. (and the show sucks, by the way) ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555/22 "2020-05-31T04:30:09Z")
Alright. So I didn’t give a rip about this thread but having seen everything on cable and Netflix we decided to watch I See You tonight. 15 minutes in Dolly (who is not a member of these boards) mentioned Hunts mouth and how the rest of her face looked odd. I had not mentioned this thread to her previously. A web search lead my wife to believe it has something to do with either a facelift Hunt had, the car accident, or both. But to both of us she looks odd and as if she has to work to open her mouth like it is very stiff. Rather strange. The OP is quite right, something is off with Hunts mouth. BTW, I give the movie a C+, Doll hated it to high heaven! -Pete ---
**Author:** ![Tia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Tia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555/23 "2022-06-18T12:12:28Z")
I just watched the The pilot episode of the new mad about you. It has to be ill-fitting dentures. Her teeth are just completely different. The whole structure of her mouth is just completely different. It’s kind of creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555/24 "2022-06-18T15:33:16Z")
She’s 59 years old and looks great. I think it’s creepy that anyone expects her not to have changed in 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555/25 "2022-06-21T14:25:03Z")
That’s the thing. When I’ve seen her lately I’ve thought that she looked awful and very old. But we’re so used to seeing female actors that have undergone so many surgeries that they no longer look real. She looks real. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555/26 "2022-06-21T21:38:19Z")
I think she stepped out of the spotlight for awhile. So her age seems to have jumped because of the absence. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555/27 "2022-06-21T21:59:37Z")
Maybe, but I’m not convinced. I’ve seen plenty of old people who have not had any work done, I think there is something else at play here (and no, I don’t know what that might be). [https://imgur.com/vEIoiAq](https://imgur.com/vEIoiAq) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555/28 "2022-06-21T22:30:16Z")
I think that’s a pretty good example of a still photo that is a poor representation of what a person actually looks like. Here’s an interview from last year that gives a better picture. Also, her face looks better in motion and smiling. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Pwl_gZvdSAA/maxresdefault.jpg "Helen Hunt Doesn't Show Up to a Party Empty Handed") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwl_gZvdSAA) ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555/29 "2022-06-22T17:31:28Z")
FWIW I think her mouth is fine in those first pictures; it’s the smooth tightness of the skin near the eyes and cheeks that’s off. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555/30 "2022-06-22T17:47:51Z")
Quite possible. You lose collagen as you age, which is why your hands and face start looking like something out of “The Mummy” ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555/31 "2022-06-23T08:08:15Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > She’s 59 years old and looks great. I think it’s creepy that anyone expects her not to have changed in 20 years. The first thread about how her looks changed is from 2005. So it’s been 17 years since her looks were brought up here. And she seriously looks bad for her age. Remember that people used to think she and Jodi Foster were lookalikes way back then. Look up a pic of Foster now and you will see a woman that’s aging normally. Hunt looks much worse and they are the same age. The most likely reason is simply genetics. I’m not a celebrity follower, but I don’t recall anything about her being a smoker or spending a lot of time on the crow’s nest of a pirate ship, exposed to the weather, looking for sails all day long. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-hunts-mouth/854555.md?page=1)