One True Thing
- Original title
- One True Thing
- Year
- 1998
- Running time
- 122 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Karen Croner. Novel: Anna Quindlen
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Melodrama. Family Relationships. Disease/illness
- Synopsis
- When a tough New Yorker's mother is stricken with a serious illness, she is forced to quit her job and her relationship with her boyfriend to take care of her, finding out a lot of things she didn't know about her mother and father and her life along the way.
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- Awards
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1998: Nominated for Oscar: Best Actress (Meryl Streep)1998: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Actress Drama (Meryl Streep)1998: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Actress (Renée Zellweger)1998: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated for Best Actress (Meryl Streep)1998: Satellite Awards: nominated to Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama.
- Critics' reviews
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"One True Thing demonstrates that the power of simple things, the transcendent nature of the ordinary, can make for riveting filmmaking."
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"Even director Carl Franklin...can't prevent One True Thing from descending into chick-movie hell."
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"Sensitively written, fluidly directed and expertly acted"
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"It is the craftsmanship that elevates One True Thing above the level of a soaper."
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