One True Thing (1998) Rank 4 Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)

Though Mom is ditzy and, at times, irritating, we come to recognize her as the family's most original creative spirit. ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)

Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)

One True Thing is a tear-jerker, no doubt. But with this script and this calibre of actors, its quality shows through. And Streep's performance will probably secure her another Oscar nomination. ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)

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Oregon Herald (Jamie Peck)

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Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)

Much to my surprise, I can both recommend and rather enjoyed ONE TRUE THING, an exceptionally tasteful drama about an up-and-coming Manhattan writer (Renee Zellweger) who moves back to her homey home town to help her cancer-stricken mother (Meryl Streep). ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)

After more than 25 years on this planet, Manhattan magazine writer Ellen Gulden (Renee Zellweger) is reasonably sure she knows her parents:Her father (William Hurt) is an imposing, even intimidating literary essayist and professor. ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)

Steve Rhodes

His grown daughter, Ellen, played by Renee Zellweger in the best performance of her career, is just like her father, or at least she tries hard to be. The ambitious Ellen works night and day as an investigative report for a New York magazine with the ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Steve Rhodes

Michael Redman

The danger is when we treat our lovers, close friends and other intimate relationships as their roles, ignoring the reality of the individual. Perhaps the most difficult barrier to break through is that between parents and children. These stereotypes ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Michael Redman

Steve Rhodes

His grown daughter, Ellen, played by Renee Zellweger in the best performance of her career, is just like her father, or at least she tries hard to be. The ambitious Ellen works night and day as an investigative report for a New York magazine with the ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Steve Rhodes

Susan Granger

With all that has been written about the feminist movement, it took Pulitzer Prizewinning Anna Quindlen to write an engrossing story that dramatizes the complex difference between our mother's generation and us, a confrontation between a woman whose ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Susan Granger

Edward Johnson-Ott

Based on advertisements alone, it would be easy to mistake "One True Thing" for just another tearjerker, but the film is actually much more than that. Written and acted with a remarkable sense of detail, this rich drama investigates one of life's most ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Edward Johnson-Ott

AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)

The story and the performances are in good hands with Franklin ( Devil in a Blue Dress, One False Move ). The only criticism that you can make of Franklin and writer Karen Croner is that the flashback device through which they tell the story is clumsy ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)

The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)

Based on Anna Quindlen's novel, this is the story of a young writer who learns the value of her mother when she goes to care for her during her treatment for cancer. Renee Zellweger plays Ellen Gulden, a New York Magazine writer who has always rejected ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)

Movie Reviews UK

Perhaps just one viewer will be stirred enough to leave his or her fortune to cancer research. Or maybe a gifted medical student will be swayed to choose oncology as their speciality after viewing One True Thing. That's the type of noble reaction you ...read the complete One True Thing movie review at Movie Reviews UK

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One True Thing (1998) Rank 4 Reviews

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