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One True Thing

1998 · 127 min

A quietly devastating family drama that asks you to sit with grief, regret, and the slow rewriting of who your parents really were.

Directed by
Carl Franklin
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt
Tagline
Love What You Have.
Overview
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

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Directed by
Carl Franklin
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Carl Franklin
Written by
Karen Croner
Starring
Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham, Nicky Katt, James Eckhouse, Patrick Breen
Music
Cliff Eidelman
Cinematography
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Runtime
127 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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