Focus Features | Release Date: August 19, 2011
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JeffHammerSep 1, 2011
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Does life imitate art or does art imitate life? I'm one who tends to avoid the discussion entirely by saying "both." One Day is the most real (save a few accents) movie I've seen in a long time. It explores time and how it often slips away from us. Our hearts' desires are often decimated by bad timing, and the movie finds a variety of ways to demonstrate this. So in the case of One Day, art imitates life to the fullest, as we can all sympathize (if only a little) to crushed hopes and shattered dreams, though hopefully we eventually find our way.
Anne Hathaway stars as insecure working-class woman Emma, who, for one reason or another is drawn to Dexter, (Jim Sturgess) a charming upper middle class man with a great amount of self-confidence. It may be hard to understand just what the two have on each other, but they are characters I'm familiar with. The woman who is way too into a man that
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tailerAug 29, 2011
One Day is a beautiful movie, but beautiful in a way that life often is, not movies. Nothing is sudden or easy, either for the characters or for the audience, and there are no thunderbolts from the blue.
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NazguleroNov 30, 2011
This movie is inherently tragic. Both protagonists are searching happiness and fulfillment, but cannot find it. Meanwhile, life goes on. I sometimes ask people if their lives look like they had imagined it twenty years ago, and pretty muchThis movie is inherently tragic. Both protagonists are searching happiness and fulfillment, but cannot find it. Meanwhile, life goes on. I sometimes ask people if their lives look like they had imagined it twenty years ago, and pretty much everyone chokes. This is exactly what this movie does, it makes you choke. I can think of only one remedy: increase the level of energy necessary to make your dreams come true, never ever give up, and screw everything else. Expand
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gavmcgSep 14, 2011
I'm shocked at how much justice this did to the book and for that, it's a hugely commendable film. The acting was fantastic and it's a major enjoyable Sunday evening film.
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thatsmyrainbowMay 26, 2012
This movie is amazing, I enjoyed it a lot. The location, the actors, the bittersweet feelings. A movie that makes me laugh and cry.. this movies is incredible. It deserves a higher score.
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reekeeJan 15, 2012
Horrific. The writers and director of this movie display a complete lack of understanding of real human feelings and motivations. You have to believe that the main character portrayed by Hathaway is incapable of cultivating real feelings andHorrific. The writers and director of this movie display a complete lack of understanding of real human feelings and motivations. You have to believe that the main character portrayed by Hathaway is incapable of cultivating real feelings and real friendships, not to mention love. Expand
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pinkscreenFeb 20, 2012
It's definitly a valentine's day movie. It's interesting to see how the director change Jim Sturgess from a arrogant selfish jerk to a classy middle-aged man. Even if I'm french I heard Anne Hathaway's bad brittish accent when I watched theIt's definitly a valentine's day movie. It's interesting to see how the director change Jim Sturgess from a arrogant selfish jerk to a classy middle-aged man. Even if I'm french I heard Anne Hathaway's bad brittish accent when I watched the english version. Too bad that they choose an american actress to play Emma. Expand
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FloridaDinoMar 7, 2022
Having read the book this is based on, I can honestly say this is not as good as the book, but that's because the book is excellent. Films rarely live up to their source material, and One Day is no different. However, taken on its own merits,Having read the book this is based on, I can honestly say this is not as good as the book, but that's because the book is excellent. Films rarely live up to their source material, and One Day is no different. However, taken on its own merits, it's a solidly enjoyable film. The two leads are very good (admittedly Anne Hathaway's English accent is a tad uneven) and have excellent chemistry, the film is shot well, and I think David Nicholls managed to keep the essence of his book intact with his screenplay. Although it doesn't quite manage the emotional gut punch the book does, it still manages to land a partial one, and you never feel shortchanged. The soundtrack, and the beautiful themes by Rachel Portman, are superb. Recommended. Expand
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KakozoJan 13, 2017
I think this movie deserves a better score...
I have to admit that this movie was very tragic and sad, but it is how a Drama should be...isn't it?
By the way the actors did their best specially in the Romance Scences! And at last I should
I think this movie deserves a better score...
I have to admit that this movie was very tragic and sad, but it is how a Drama should be...isn't it?
By the way the actors did their best specially in the Romance Scences!
And at last I should mention that this movie made me cry 3 times ^_^
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DogeGamer2015Aug 1, 2021
Es una película bastante buena; la trama es dramática y las actuaciones de Anne Hathaway y Jim Sturgess son excelentes; es recomendable.
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