SummaryEmma and Dexter meet on the night of their college graduation – July 15th, 1988. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground. For the next two decades, every July 15th reveals to us how "Em" and "Dex" are faring, as th... Read More
Directed By:Lone Scherfig
Written By:David Nicholls
One Day
Metascore
Mixed or Average
48
User score
Generally Favorable
6.2
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
32% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
59% Mixed
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
10% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Aug 18, 2011
100
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.
Aug 18, 2011
67
Sturgess, saddled with a caddish character, is less compelling, but he does provide the film's only spot of unloosed, raw emotion. Everything else feels too precisely and too compactly assembled for much impact.
User score
Generally Favorable
46% Positive
55 Ratings
55 Ratings
38% Mixed
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
16% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
May 26, 2012
10
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.
Jan 15, 2012
10
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 and real friendships, not to mention love.
Aug 22, 2011
60
It may not truly capture the complexities of its source material but One Day is funny, winning and entertaining - if little else.
Aug 18, 2011
50
Even in the skillful hands of director Lone Scherfig, the effect is disjointed. The characters that Nicholls brought so cunningly to life in the book feel rushed through a timeline, tied to an agenda.
Aug 17, 2011
50
It's a sweet, harmless, meandering tale with an engaging gimmick, but a great love story - or a great movie - it's not.
Aug 18, 2011
40
As so often happens with love, what you hope for is not even close to what you get, and in this case we are left with a heartbreaking disappointment of a film.
Aug 18, 2011
12
This tear-jerking twaddle, adapted by David Nicholls from his 2009 bestseller, is nearly as bad as Anne Hathaway's British accent, which is heading for infamy.
Nov 30, 2011
10
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 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.
Feb 13, 2013
6
An average movie, would not recommend it, it claims to be a love story but at no point watching it did I care or find myself rooting for either of the main characters. Since seeing Les Miserables I now know the true strength of Anne Hathaway's acting skills but this this film does nothing for her but showcase her bad Yorkshire accent
Feb 16, 2012
6
I just saw the film last night. Some scenes of the movie are beautiful. But they still don't make it a good film. What is the film trying to tell us? I don't really get it. Some conversations are boring, and I nearly fell asleep. And how can Emma DIE that way at last? It's just not logic. Anne Hathaway has done great work in The Devil wears Prada, but not this time. If you want to see some romantic movies, don't waste your time to see this one, Midnight in Paris will be a good choice for you.
Feb 15, 2012
3
I don't know what to make of this film. The start of the film I found was so boring, accents seemed like people in Britain sound like pompous arses,and it took me a while to get into the film. It wasn't the greatest film at all but I was surprising left feeling "affected" by this film, I realised how grateful I am that I have and can bear my own children without any worries and that life can be over just like that. That surprised me, the twist in the story. Best part of the film, was the ending.
Production Company:
- Focus Features
- Random House Films
- Film4
- Color Force
Release Date:Aug 19, 2011
Duration:1 h 48 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Twenty years. Two people.
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Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 2 Nominations
Global Nonviolent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
