One Day (I) (2011)

After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.

Director:

Lone Scherfig

Writers:

David Nicholls (screenplay), David Nicholls (book)

Stars:

Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Tom Mison

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anne Hathaway	...	Emma
Jim Sturgess	...	Dexter
Tom Mison	...	Callum
Jodie Whittaker	...	Tilly
Tim Key	...	Customer
Rafe Spall	...	Ian
Joséphine de La Baume	...	Marie
Patricia Clarkson	...	Alison
Ken Stott	...	Steven
Heida Reed	...	Ingrid
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes	...	Tara
Gil Alma	...	Waiter
David Ajala	...	Floor Manager
Georgia King	...	Suki
Ukweli Roach	...	Rapper

Storyline

Emma and Dexter meet on the night of their university graduation. We see them every year on the anniversary of that date - July 15th. Emma is smart but success doesn't come quickly for her, whereas for Dexter, success and women come very easily. Through the years they grow apart as their lives take different directions and they meet other people. But as they grow apart from those other people and their lives start taking opposite directions again, Emma and Dexter find that they belong with each other.

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Plot Keywords:

university graduation | wedding reception | comedian | cancer | loss of loved one | 

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Taglines:

Twenty years. Two people.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, partial nudity, language, some violence and substance abuse

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 August 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Siempre el mismo día

Filming Locations:

Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor, France

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$5,079,566 (USA) (19 August 2011)

Gross:

$13,766,014 (USA) (16 September 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Focus Features, Random House Films, Film4

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Anne Hathaway was clandestinely given the script as director Lone Scherfig wasn't looking at any American actresses for the part of Emma. Hathaway flew to London for a meeting with Scherfig which she described as "the worst meeting of my life.. I was just inarticulate". However, on leaving the director, she handed her a list of songs that she felt represented how she would interpret the character. It was this list that landed her the part.

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Goofs

When they are returning from their graduation party the time is shown as 6am but its hardly light. In Edinburgh in July it would be fully light.

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Quotes

Dexter: If I could give you just one gift, do you know what it would be? Confidence. That or a scented candle.

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Connections

References Army of Darkness (1992)

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Soundtracks

"Reverend Black Grape"
Written by Ryder, Bendelow, Dirtwistle, Mittler, Wright
Performed by Black Grape

User Reviews

By sticking to the novel, the movie loses the connection to the characters

"One Day", based on the novel of the same name, is the relationship of two people, Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess), as we see it on July 15th of each year. As can be expected from the nature of the story, it's a little dry, lacking in comedy. But then again, it's a romantic drama, not a romantic comedy.

As is the nature of the two media, movies can never be exactly the same as the novel. But the problem with this one is that they tried to; no story lines were removed. Almost everything was there, just shortened into mostly meaningless segments. I personally could have done with one less event in their lives, and perhaps a different ending, but they tried to be as faithful as possible.

What we have here is a movie about a relationship, but the novel was about the people. They traded in character depth and development so we can see them in their more attractive years falling in and out of love.

I wasn't very familiar with Jim Sturgess, having seen him play skinny, slightly nerdy, not as confident kids. Dexter is a different breed of guy. Just has high on self-confidence as he is on drugs and alcohol, he gets by on his looks – literally – he's a TV host. Although the different characteristics of Dexter weren't explicitly shown in the movie, Sturgess brought them out in him perfectly. Emma is a more complex character, with significant evolution to who she is throughout the years, except none of that is in the movie, so it just wasn't really possible for Hathaway to portray her as a more interesting person.

I would assume that watching "One Day" without the benefit of having read the novel would be a fairly confusing, empty experience. With the background that the novel gave me, I could fill in all the missing years and the unexplored layers to the characters, so there was still something to their relationship for me.