Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

ianlouisiana Here in the UK we call people like this "Up themselves"and I can't think of a film where that description of the characters is more applicable. One frankly poisonous bloke with his brains in his pants tries for 20 - odd years to seduce a girl he was at university with. That,basically,is what "One Day" is all about. It's not a love story for heaven sake,he is pathologically incapable of feeling so complex an emotion. Except towards himself. She wastes a significant proportion of her life waiting for him to change into a completely different person then,quite inexplicably decides she'll take him on as he is.Maybe she is hearing her biological clock.ticking. Whatever,she dumps her French jazz pianist boyfriend so quickly he hardly has time to learn the melodic minor scale. The device on which "One Day" hangs is so flimsy I lost interest very early on. It might have been more winning if the writer had made the "One Day" the 29th February - at least it would have been over sooner. All you need to know about the characters is that they play the terribly posh game "Are you there,Moriarty",an Oxbridge version of Blind Man's Buff with added violence . Under the guise of which the seriously unpleasant guy smacks his girlfriend very hard in the face with a rolled up newspaper,causing her nose to bleed. She(the lovely Romelai Garai - by far the best performance)still marries him and has his baby. Well,I never said they were clever.

saletehnolog The film's action is meaningless. Not from the aspect of emotions, which are obvious, but from the aspect of their mutual relationship. Are you aware that the frame of the story of this pair has been put into a span of 15 years? The two of them are 15 years old and after so long, he comes to see each other and within a few hours he decides to leave a jazz musician and go to him ?!Instead of being self-indulgent at least make a happy ending, you have made a complete breakdown. After all, she moves after work to see him and kick her by bouncing a truck from a bicycle. For God's sake, are you real ?! On this I would add that a scene in which a sick mother comes drunk and drugged represents something that is far from reality. I will not comment on the actors because in this story they could not show the best of themselves.

Christopher Malpas I admit I have a soft spot for romantic films, and One Day didn't disappoint too much for me.Dexter and Emma meet in July 1988 after graduating from Edinburgh University, and over the course of the rest of the film we go through 20 years of what they're doing together, or separately on the 15th July each year. Early on in the film Emma is kind of mousy but nice whereas Dexter is kind of smarmy but with charm. Dexter's life is almost immediately successful after graduation whereas Emma struggles, and doesn't achieve her career goals right away. Both characters develop out of their more negative personality traits as the film progresses.Both leads are pretty good with the material given to them. Anne Hathaway's accent isn't brilliant as other reviewers have mentioned, but it wasn't too distracting for me. Jim Sturgess' accent goes all over the place too and he is British! I'm guessing he's supposed to posses a posh Anglo-Scots accent.. The ageing process through makeup/hair etc. works mostly although I did find Jim Sturgess' ginger beard and grey hair aged about 45 a bit distracting and very unnatural looking - not a good job by the hair and makeup artists there!Anyway, the film looks really good, very well shot with a use of colours to convey the mood and emotion of Emma and Dexter at that particular time in their lives. Other characters come in and out of Dexter and Emma's lives throughout which adds some depth to the story. I found myself rooting for the leads mostly, and although I've not read the book I had kind of worked out what would happen by the end but when it comes it is a bit of a shock. The grief and sadness after this are very well portrayed I think. Overall I enjoyed One Day. It isn't without flaws, and I think the one-day aspect of the story actually doesn't help as you never feel completely involved or connected with anything happening. Perhaps it works better in the book than it does in a 90 minute movie.

emily-sawyer94 This is one of two films that I could never get sick of watching. It is such a beautiful film with an amazing plot line. Since the first time I watched this film, I have watched it every year since on July the 15th (once you watch the film you will get this reference). It is also one of the few films that are better than the books, which I also thoroughly enjoyed. Be warned - it is a bit of a tear jerker and makes me cry every time I watch it (there are very few films I usually cry in). Both the main actors are phenomenal - and I can even get with Anne Hathaway's English accent. I would definitely recommend this film to anyone and everyone!