Privilege and coincidence have always been central to screwball comedy, but the speed of crosstown travel here rivals Die Hard 3 for plausibility.
One Fine Day (1996)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:12
Rotten:16
Average Rating:5.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: George Clooney plays a rakish, irresponsible, and sexy single dad and Michelle Pfeiffer is a neurotic, standoffish, and sexy single mom in this likeable, fast-paced romantic comedy. Melanie Parker... George Clooney plays a rakish, irresponsible, and sexy single dad and Michelle Pfeiffer is a neurotic, standoffish, and sexy single mom in this likeable, fast-paced romantic comedy. Melanie Parker is an architect and a perfectionist workaholic who has no time for a social life. Unfortunately, things spin out of her control on the day of the biggest presentation of her career, when her son Sammy shows up late to school and misses the class field trip; he is left in Melanie's care for the day. Jack Taylor, a feckless newspaper reporter, finds himself in much the same situation when his newly married ex-wife leaves their daughter Maggie with him for a week, requiring a level of responsibility which he is unprepared for. The two meet in front of the school and sparks-of the ill-tempered kind-fly, as each projects onto the other the faults of their exes. Eventually, however, as each races to save his or her job while keeping their kids intact, their true feelings for one another emerge. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for the best original song ("For the First Time"). [More]
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz, Charles Durning
Director: Michael Hoffman
Director: Michael Hoffman
Composer: James Newton Howard
Producer: Lynda Obst, Michelle Pfeiffer
Screenwriter: Terry Seltzer, Ellen Simon
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Reviews for One Fine Day
Remarkable chemistry between the impossibly glamorous pair of Pfeiffer and Clooney.
Excellent romantic comedy. Exciting story of adults trying to succeed in careers with the drawbacks of children.
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