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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Universal DVD Layers: 2 DVD Sides: 1 EAN: 9780783230580 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0783230583 Label: Universal Studios Languages: Manufacturer: Universal Studios MPN: MCAD20440D Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: Universal Studios Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 16, 1999 Running Time: 127 minutes Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 1998 Editorial Review: Product Description: An engaging often humorous story of an ambitious young journalist who returns to her family only to find that rediscovering her parents mean redefining herself in ways she never expected. Insightful inspiring and unforgettable one true thing is truly a film that touches the heart. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/27/2007 Starring: Meryl Streep William Hurt Run time: 128 minutes Rating: R Director: Carl Franklin Amazon.com essential video: Based on Anna Quindlen's bestselling novel, this is a mother-daughter and father-daughter story, two for the price of one. But director Carl Franklin also tries to inject a police-mystery angle that it neither needs nor will support. Renee Zellweger plays a young writer on the rise, who has finally gotten her break for a New York magazine. While home for a birthday party for her nearly famous writer father (William Hurt), she learns that her mother (Meryl Streep) has been diagnosed with cancer. Then her father does the unthinkable: He all but commands her to put her career on hold to take care of her mother and nurse her through her illness. Dad, a popular college professor who has never gotten the literary acclaim he always believed he deserved, essentially checks out--and daughter must play parent to her mother. Strong performances by Streep and Zellweger give this parent-child relationship the heart--and the anger--of the real thing, while Hurt seems slightly disembodied as the self-involved father whose needs have dominated both women. Still, the detective-story aspect (the film is told in flashback, as the cops try to discover whether someone slipped Mom a fatal dose of morphine) is a construct that could have been done without. --Marshall Fine Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A good oneI drag this out whenever I need a good cry. I don't know why it just hits me so hard, EVERY time. I guess I see myself in the daughter and the appreciation that grows for her mother, who reminds me of my own who passed a few years ago. The story, characters, acting... all amazing. My absolute favorite tear-jerker of all time. Rating: - One True Thing - great movie!I teach a Death & Dying Class at a University and I use this film. It gives a different perspective on "suicide" and the family dynamics of a person who is dying. Rating:  - One True ThingMeryl Streep's character was real. I was not impressed with Renee Zellweger's performance at times. I saw too many "Bridget Jones' Diaryisms" in her facial expressions when dealing with serious issues. I would still (very much) recommend this movie. A serious role played by Meryl Streep is generally a beautiful thing to witness. Rating: - REVIEW ON FAMILY MEMBER WITH CANCEROne True Thing THIS IS A MOVIE ABOUT THE VERY REAL ANGER IN A FAMILY TRYING TO COPE WITH THE CANCER THAT A MOTHER HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH. SAD, BUT VERY POINENT , A VERY TRUE AND HEARTBREAKING STORY THAT A LOT OF FAMALIES GO THRU . Rating: - Great Movie, Great ActorsOne True Thing was released in 1998 (two years after Jerry McGuire) and stars Renee Zellweger and Meryl Streep. Renee portrays Ellen Gulden (or Ellie as her family calls her), a moxie journalist living in New York. She goes home to visit her family for the holidays and finds out her mother (Meryl) has cancer. Her father demands that she give up everything to move back home and take care of her mother. Because she adores her father and longs for his respect she does it. One True Thing ... Read More |
