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It's been a long time since a movie has celebrated the joy of love and ached with its pain as brilliantly as "One Day." Director Lone Scherfig has woven tiny threads of life into a story that's as funny as it is heartbreaking.
Screenwriter David Nicholls has adapted his novel about Dexter (Jim Sturgess) and Emma (Anne Hathaway), a pair of college students who spend graduation night together. That sets the mile marker for them as we peek in on their lives on that same day over the next 20 years. As with real life, the day can be monumental or it can be uneventful. Big or small, Scherfig holds our attention through beautiful camera work and standout performances in these life snapshots.
Hathaway's as strong and vulnerable as she was in "Love and Other Drugs," another film that deals with relationships in a very real manner. There are few sure bets when it comes to acting performances, but Hathaway is certainly one of the most dependable actors working.
Rick Bentley's one-minute review
One of Hathaway's greatest strengths is how she exudes happiness or sadness with just a look. Her performances resonate with truth. Sure, she's made bad movies in the past – if only we could forget "Get Smart" – but when Hathaway is cast as a woman in love, she's magical.
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