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One True Thing
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One True Thing is a 1998 American drama film directed by Carl Franklin, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie stars Renée Zellweger, Meryl Streep, William Hurt, and Tom Everett Scott. Filmed in New Jersey, the production was handled by Universal Pictures, Monarch Pictures, and Ufland, with a budget of 30,000,000. Cliff Eidelman composed the score, and Declan Quinn served as director of photography.
The plot follows a career woman who reassesses her parents' lives while caring for her cancer-stricken mother. The film explores themes of dysfunctional family dynamics, cancer, and the death of a parent. It has a runtime of 127 minutes and is rated R. Universal Pictures distributed the film, which is also available via video on demand through Netflix.
Critical reception included an 89% score and a 7.2/10 rating. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.9 from 12,941 votes and a Metascore of 63.
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6.5A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Cast
- Meryl Streep as Kate Gulden
- Renée Zellweger as Ellen Gulden
- William Hurt as George Gulden
- Tom Everett Scott as Brian Gulden
- Lauren Graham as Jules
- Nicky Katt as Jordan Belzer
Themes
- dysfunctional family
- cancer
- death of parent
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
12,941 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
63/100
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 8 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- tumor
- Director
- Carl Franklin
- Screenwriter
- Carl Franklin
- Composer
- Cliff Eidelman
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Declan Quinn
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 127
- FilmAffinity ID
- 364105
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1999-03-18
- title
- One True Thing
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 63/100
- capital cost
- 30000000
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