One Day (2011) Full Movie

Mike Scott 18 Aug 2011

A movie that wants to be a crowd-pleasing romantic comedy at times and a weighty drama at others. It ends up being an imperfect blend of both.

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JeffHammer 31 Aug 2011

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.

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Ty Burr 17 Aug 2011

A miscast, underwritten, drably directed adaptation of a very popular novel, it's the feel-bad film of the summer and an almost perfect example of how not to turn a book into a movie.

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Alambna 16 Dec 2011

Anne Hathaway's accent is horrible, but that did not kill the movie for me. There was more missing from this movie than just a proper accent. The acting isn't bad, in fact it is often very good, particularly on Sturgess's part.... the setting, the costumes, the way the film is shot, the cinematography... all good. However, the chemistry between the actors was nonexistent, which is a huge problem in a film that is all about the chemistry between the two main characters. While Anne Hathaway can sometimes act, she isn't very enthralling or charismatic generally, and less so in this film. And so, in this movie, where her character is a bit of a bore and a prude, it just became hard to care about her at all. Nor could I understand why the Jim Sturgess character was so in love with her.... I think if they had cast an actress with more spark and personality, not to mention a better accent, this movie would have had so been so much better. Instead, I didn't feel much for this movie.

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Hfahmy 13 Oct 2011

In 1988 Emma played by Anne Hathaway and Dexter played by Jim Sturgess meet in her apartment to celebrate their graduation, they don't make love but decide to have their friendship kept. Till 2006 they try to make a life socially and professionally. He fails at both levels, he loses his job and get divorced after having a baby girl. On the other track Emma works in a restaurant and later becomes a writer, socially she never finds real love. Both are in contact, even when apart for 16 years, till 2004 where they come to live together again. She cannot have a baby from him and is killed in 2006 when run over by a bus while riding her bike. The script is boring, the audience has to count the years one by one from 1988 to 2006. No real events or attraction for most of the 108 min, the years count may be faster, even the death of Emma is not justified unless it is meant as a shock to wake everybody up. Globally bad and disappointing movie.

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