The script shifts audience sympathies about quite adroitly, though it's a pity all the men had to be such humbugs.
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One True Thing (1998)
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Reviews Counted:61
Fresh:54
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: Solid performances lift this drama to a higher level.
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: ONE TRUE THING tells the sobering story of a family whose strength is tested when tragedy strikes. Ellen Gulden (Renee Zellweger), a writer living in New York City, has dedicated her life to... [More]
Starring: Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott
Director: Carl Franklin
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Reviews for One True Thing
Zellweger gives a rich performance!
01/01/00
There isn't one schmaltzy moment in the entire film, and any tears the viewer sobs into their hankies are well-earned.
06/18/08
Streep's performance makes the movie worth seeing.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's a sad film that deals with tragic events. But the appeals to emotion are wholly honest and not the least bit crude.
01/01/00
Pumps new life into the dying-nobly-of-a-horrible-disease genre
01/01/00
It's Streep to the max!
01/01/00
Heartfelt acting and imaginative filmmaking transform soap-opera into an affecting screen experience.
01/01/00
Honest, perceptive and moving!
01/01/00
One of those rare films -- a movie that is genuinely sad and moving without being melodramatic, sentimental or hokey.
05/22/03
A heart-affecting film that challenges us to confront some of the myths and meanings we have constructed about our parents.
03/03/02
We're here for the acting, and we get it.
01/01/00
The one true thing to remember about this film is how worthwhile it is.
01/01/00
Although the plot rarely excels, the actors bring enough to their roles to transform this motion picture into a satisfying weeper.
01/01/00
Top CriticInstead of being just about coping with cancer, it tells an interesting story about a young woman coming to terms with the fact that her parents are not who she always thought they were.
02/27/01
As finely wrought a drama as one could ask for.
11/07/02
the movie ultimately belongs to Streep, who illuminates the extraordinary soul inside an everyday woman.
06/04/03
One True Thing is real enough to be a film you can believe in.
01/01/00
Top CriticStreep manages to transcend the material and outshine her other fellow cast members to such a degree that you wish they and the material were at least as good as she is.
01/01/00
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