Critic Reviews

Flawless adaptation. .... The whole enterprise hangs on Em and Dex, who must be completely believable and lovable, individually and together. They are extraordinary.

What I like most about this exquisitely judged series, aside from the two leading performances and a supporting cast that includes Tim McInnerny, Amber Grappy and Eleanor Tomlinson, is the light-touch storytelling.

Netflix’s retread both embraces and enhances the allure of Scherfig’s 2011 adaptation. (Nicholls himself served as one of the executive producers on the series as well.) The expanded format also allows for deeper storytelling, making each relationship feel far more nuanced and each emotional beat just a little more impactful as a result.

Because of the way the show immediately and intimately invites you into Dexter and Emma's relationship and makes them so easy to root for, there's little doubt that you'll walk away wanting more, and that you might think to yourself that a handful of days — even the lackluster ones — just aren't enough, in the best way possible.

In spite of any bumps along the way, One Day is overall a satisfying, swoon-worthy ride.

As brazenly lovey-dovey as it is, One Day is simply lovely to watch. It’s just the right side of cheesy and irresistibly charming.

If you’re the sentimental type, you’ll watch One Day and ponder the gap between how you thought your life would turn out when you were young, and how it actually did. The rest of us can just enjoy being taken back to a time when arranging a date involved writing a letter, visiting a public call box or – for the real early adopters – owning a mobile phone with a pull-out antenna.

A charming and perceptive Netflix dramedy.

Mod and Woodall have a lovely chemistry that teeters between deep intimacy and sexual tension. Additionally, the show never villainizes the characters, even when they’re at their most atrocious.

Conversation is credible, pitched in the language of real people that age. The heavier stuff—a romance gone sour, a long and grinding struggle with addiction—is deftly handled, with compassion and understatement. One Day is a graceful series, woozy and clear-eyed at once.