One Fine Day

One Fine Day

She was having a perfectly bad day... Then he came along and spoiled it.

Directed by Michael Hoffman

Produced by Fox 2000 Pictures, Via Rosa Productions

1996108 min6.5 / 10

A warm, playful romantic comedy about two single parents forced together by circumstance, discovering connection through shared parenting chaos and mutual reliance.

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.

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  • Is One Fine Day one of a kind? No. Less singular than 98% of films.

  • Is One Fine Day easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.

  • Is One Fine Day violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Does One Fine Day end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of films.

  • Is One Fine Day scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is One Fine Day sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

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