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One True Thing (1998) Rank 2 Reviews
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Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
The vicarious catharsis offered by this adaptation of Anna Quindlen's novel is as efficient as that of any family-affected-by-illness drama. ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
Film Threat (Tom Meek)
Hobbled melodrama with obvious "Terms of Endearment" pretensions. ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Film Threat (Tom Meek)
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LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
No matter how tactful and sensitive Franklin's direction, he has made himself complicit in a polarization that panders to anti-intellectual populism even as it caters to women's movement backlash. ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
Quindlen's book is wry and deeply sad in its prose, but watching actors run this very simple maze is significantly less entertaining, or convincing. ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
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Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)
This might have worked if the director and lead actress had the kind of intense mutual understanding that, say, Ingmar Bergman had with Liv Ullmann, or John Cassavetes had with Gena Rowlands. ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Even director Carl Franklin, an artful purveyor of sterner stuff in "One False Move" and "Devil in a Blue Dress," can't prevent One True Thing from descending into chick-movie hell. ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
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