My One and Only
Freestyle Releasing | Release Date: August 21, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
A completely appealing, beautifully preserved memory piece - a grand, colorful coming-of-age story with a candy box color palette and a standout performance by Renée Zellweger. It's a great story and a great crowd-pleaser. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This is essentially Renee Zellweger's picture, and she glows in it. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Peter's lightning-fast script and Loncraine's steady direction steer this road picture to the sunny side of the street. Read full review
75
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
It's affable entertainment -- a road movie with a smart map and characters who are unpredictable human beings, not just billboard attractions. Read full review
70
VarietyLeslie Felperin
The ensemble collectively displays crisp comic timing throughout. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoanne Kaufman
Chief among the movie's charms are Ms. Zellweger, Mr. Rendall--whose would-be actor Robbie is a dab hand at ­embroidery and accessorizing his stepmother--and Mr. Lerman, who plays George as a bookish adolescent with dreams of becoming a writer. Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Sweet, modest and quietly classy, it's the perfect late-summer entertainment -- and it also happens to feature the most relaxed and nuanced performance Renée Zellweger has given in years. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
A good-natured screwball road film. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
A weightless movie as cheerily artificial as the Old Navy pitchman's bronze skin tones. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
My One and Only has an old-fashioned sensibility -- and some lovely Mad Men-style costumes -- making for a pleasantly diverting road movie. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
My One and Only isn't exactly memorable, but this little, personable movie is a fine showcase for Zellweger's talents and a paean to the sort of mid-1950s America best remembered in Norman Rockwell paintings. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
If you have any curiosity at all about how a fellow like George Hamilton became a fellow like George Hamilton, My One and Only answers the question by looking, fondly, at his primary caregiver. Read full review
63
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike Scott
If there's a prevailing problem with director Richard Loncraine's bit of period fluff, it's that many of the characters encountered along the way are a touch too cartoonish to resonate meaningfully with audiences. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
The movie is filled with fun '50s Americana. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey
The 1950s suit Zellweger, as does the film. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Dying to hear George Hamilton’s origin story? No? Well, too bad, because the mediocre, nostalgic-soaked comedy-drama My One And Only, loosely inspired by Hamilton’s childhood, has been produced with a few big stars attached. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Occasionally diverting but ultimately forgettable, My One and Only will become unforgivable if it inspires other former competitors from "Dancing With the Stars" to go in search of lost time. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Williams
Despite the title, My One and Only is irritatingly repetitive. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
It is diverting but insubstantial. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The movie has a jolly, half-remembered quality, as though it were adapted from a particularly rose-colored memoir. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Perfectly passable film. Read full review
40
Time OutKarina Longworth
If any star’s life should lend itself to a grade-A guilty-pleasure biopic, its Hamilton’s, but My One and Only dodges the dirty details. Read full review
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