| One True Thing Review |
| by Tim Voon |
| ONE TRUE THING 1999
A film review by Timothy Voon
Copyright 1999 Timothy Voon
3 out of 5 for tragedy in the family more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Luke Buckmaster |
| ONE TRUE THING
Cast: Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott
Director: Carl Franklin
Screenplay: Karen Croner based on the novel by Anna Quindlen
Reviewed by Luke Buckmaster more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Greg King |
| ONE TRUE THING (M).
(Universal/UIP)
Director: Carl Franklin
Stars: Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott,
Lauren Graham, Nicky Katt, Gerrit Graham, Mary Catherine Wright, Hallee
Hirsh, Patrick Breen
Running time: 127...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| Set in the mid to late 80's, a film like 'One True Thing' attempts to
tell the story of Kate Gulden (Meryl Streep) who has dedicated her life
to being a homemaker and in the process of taking care of her family,
finds that she becomes an unintentional...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Jamie Peck |
| ONE TRUE THING
Reviewed by Jamie Peck
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Rating: ***1/2 (out of ****)
Universal / 2:07 / 1998 / R (language, thematic elements)
Cast: Meryl Streep; Renee Zellweger; William Hurt; Tom...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Wallace Baine |
| “I want to talk before I die,” blurts Kate Gulden (Meryl Streep) towards
the end of “One True Thing.” Kate is in the final throes of terminal
illness and with her ghoulish red eyes and oatmeal-colored complexion, she
looks the part. Then, as her...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| The "F-word" is never spoken in the Gulden household in ONE TRUE THING.
A family tradition is to gather around at New Year's and discuss their
lofty plans for the coming year. "Failure" is considered the worst
obscenity and is not to be uttered from the...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Nathaniel R. Atcheson |
| Director: Carl Franklin
Cast: Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott,
Lauren Graham
Screenplay: Karen Croner
Producers: Jesse Beaton, Harry J. Ufland
Runtime: 127 min.
US Distribution: Universal
Rated R: language more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Although mine were a couple of the relatively few dry eyes left at the end
of this adaptation of Anna Quindlen's tearjerking novel, I was not left
untouched by this radical departure for director Carl Franklin
(_One_False_Move_, _Devil_in_a_Blue_Dress_)....more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Michael Redman |
| Removing masks may be the most difficult thing we can do. We all wear them and
many of our relationships are mask to mask rather than human being to human
being. They make life easier. It's much simpler to deal with most of the
people you encounter...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Wallace Baine |
| “I want to talk before I die,” blurts Kate Gulden (Meryl Streep) towards
the end of “One True Thing.” Kate is in the final throes of terminal
illness and with her ghoulish red eyes and oatmeal-colored complexion, she
looks the part. Then, as her...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Matt Williams |
| Director Carl Franklin tackles this small-scale tearjerker, based on
Anna Quindlen's novel One True Thing. Although good, and appropriately
sad, it never reaches its full potential. more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| The "F-word" is never spoken in the Gulden household in ONE TRUE THING.
A family tradition is to gather around at New Year's and discuss their
lofty plans for the coming year. "Failure" is considered the worst
obscenity and is not to be uttered from the...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Mark O'Hara |
| There is enough dysfunction among the Gulden family members to fill the
plotlines of two or three television dramas for an entire season. What
makes the film refreshing and watchable is that the director does not
over-reach in portraying emotional...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Brian Koller |
| "One True Thing" has a very high quality to entertainment
ratio. While it is certainly a very good film, with
an excellent cast and script, it is a difficult film
to watch. While the advertising campaign would have
you believe that the film is...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| ONE TRUE THING
(Universal)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, William Hurt.
Screenplay: Karen Croner, based on the novel by Anna Quindlen.
Producers: Harry Ufland and Jesse Burton.
Director: Carl Franklin.
MPAA Rating: R (profanity, adult...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Universal
Director: Carl Franklin
Writer: Karen Croner, novel by Anna Quindlen
Cast: Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom
Everett Scott, Nicky Katt, Lauren Graham more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by jasanfor |
| Who wouldn't want a mom like radiant Kate Gulden?
She's the queen of arts and crafts, with domestic skills that could put
Martha Stewart to shame -- just see how she embroiders pillows and decorates
cribs like nobody's business.
Besides, she's genuinely...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| With all that has been written about the feminist movement, it
took Pulitzer Prize-winning Anna Quindlen to write an engrossing story
that dramatizes the complex difference between our mother's generation
and us, a confrontation between a woman...more |
| One True Thing Review |
| by Edward Johnson-ott |
| One True Thing (1998)
Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren
Graham, Nicky Katt, James Eckhouse, Patrick Breen, Gerrit Graham, Davud
Byron, Stephen Peabody, Lizabeth MacKay. Screenplay by Karen Croner,
based on the...more |
