One Fine Day is two formulaic hours, but they do illustrate how two attractive leads and a lickety-split narrative can elevate meager material into something this side of bearability.
One Fine Day
She was having a perfectly bad day... Then he came along and spoiled it.
1996 · 1h 48m · PG
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Michael Hoffman
Overview
Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.
Director and cast
- Michael Hoffman Director
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Melanie Parker
- George Clooney as Jack Taylor
- Mae Whitman as Maggie Taylor
- Alex D. Linz as Sammy Parker
- Charles Durning as Lew
- Jon Robin Baitz as Mr. Yates, Jr.
- Ellen Greene as Mrs. Elaine Lieberman
- Joe Grifasi as Manny Feldstein
- Pete Hamill as Frank Burroughs
- Anna Maria Horsford as Evelyn
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