One Day

Focus Features | Release Date: August 19, 2011

6.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 115 Ratings

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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… Expand

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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