Great Film overall

Excellent adaptation.

Absolutely Fantastic

Absolutely Brilliant!

I had heard of this film once before because of the leading actor and actress starring, and I am not one to turn the occasional possibly naff and cheesy but easy to like love story filled with giggle, from director Michael Hoffman (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Basically, in New York City, Melanie Parker (Michelle Pfeiffer) is an architect and single mother to son Sammy (Home Alone 3's Alex D. Linz), Jack Taylor (George Clooney) is a New York Daily News columnist and single father to daughter Maggie (Independence Day's Mae Whitman), both of them are divorced. One fine day the two parents meet each other, morning time, and when both the children are late for the field trips they were meant to go, they are forced to join the parents during their hectic schedules, and make sure that they are cared for with their needs as well. Melanie must show an important client her architectural design presentation, and Sammy is causing havoc when he causes her to break her scale model, and in frustration she takes him to a daycare centre, holding a "Superhero Day". Jack is trying to get a scoop from Mayor Sidney Aikens (Sidney Armus) about his connections with the mob, and he is bringing Maggie to the daycare centre as well, and they have improvised superhero costumes made. Melanie is on her way to a meeting she gets a worrying phone call from her son about something to do with drugs, and in desperation she asks Jack, who she has the number of now, to get the kids, and he agrees as long as she has them at a time. Melanie breaks down while with the kids she loses Maggie, and she is forced to report the child missing, but thankfully she is found, and Jack is informed of this occurrence, but he makes it to the press conference to confront the Mayor and get his scoop. Sammy is looking forward to a soccer game that his father will hopefully be at, his mother insists she will have time to pitch her architecture idea to the clients at a restaurant, but she sacrifices it during, at risk of getting fired, for the sake of her child. The clients were actually impressed with her dedication to her child, and Sammy and Maggie make it to the soccer game, with Sammy's father indeed showing up, but not for long, as he is drumming for Bruce Springsteen. That evening Jack needs an excuse to go and see Melanie at her apartment, so he gets Maggie to buy a new goldfish to replace their other one that was eaten by the cat. While the children watch The Wizard of Oz together, Jack and Melanie seem to get on much better than they were in their hectic day, where they squabbled and were rushed, but they share a kiss, before falling asleep together on the sofa. Also starring The Muppet Movie's Charles Durning as Lew, Jon Robin Baitz as Yates Jr., Ellen Greene as Elaine Lieberman, Joe Grifasi as Manny Feldstein, Pete Hamill as Frank Burroughs and Anna Maria Horsford as Evelyn. Pfeiffer makes a convincing single mother who is forced into having to look after her often bratty child, Clooney is likable as the single father who ha a similar situation with his sweet daughter, Whitman is nice as the little girl, and I agree that Linz is a little less cute with his needy nature. For this theme of film, this actually works not just for the reasonable laughs and alright enough love story, but it is also a convincing portrait of the life of single parents, I will admit it could have had a more layered script, but it is an interesting enough romantic comedy. It was nominated the Oscar for Best Song for "For The First Time" (also nominated the Golden Globe). Worth watching!

Long gone are the days when I considered myself a romantic but that doesn't prevent me from enjoying this charming romantic comedy to a degree, even though it is a genre of film that I used to like better when I was younger. For a romantic comedy this one is fun and has some charm. It is romantic without being too lame or mushy stuff, although it still is cheesy at times.George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer have perfect chemistry. So have the two kids, as good in their respective roles as the adults are on theirs.Despite all the fast pace and daily rush subject this films deals with, it still has room for classic humor, romance and a certain nostalgic/classic feeling to it thanks to oldie songs and the excellent scenario of New York city, making that city look perhaps better than it really is, especially now after the horrifying events of 11th September 2001.George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer would make a good couple in real life, just like Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner would. Their characters's rivalries are funny although they become frustrating after a while, but not profane or sadistic, they're just normal (if unnecessary) rivalries.This should please most fans of romantic comedies and might as well please (to a degree) some who are not into this type of film.

This movie is wonderful. Really makes my heart happy every time I see it. I first saw it when I was 12, now at I'm 25 and I enjoy it even more. The story is amazingly simple and beautiful, a bit predictable indeed, but the feeling in the movie makes your heart sing, like a beautiful spring sunny day! All four actors :) are so sweet and natural, it's almost hard for me to imagine that they act and not.. just live one .. fine day. The children are so sweet .. the parents are lovely. I love this world after seeing this movie! Some of you might think that I overreacted, but it's just wonderful!Movie for open heart people!

'One fine Day' is a breezy romantic comedy with winning performances by Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney. The plot is standard Hollywood fluff as both of them keep running into each other while trying to get their respective kids to a school field trip. Both Clooney and Pfeiffer are charming and share good chemistry with each other. If there's a fault, it's that the two remain apart for most of the running time. It would have been nice to see them sharing more screen time together. Still, the film is pleasant fun and well worth watching, specially as a date movie.Overall 7/10