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One True Thing (1998)
Even with all the right ingredients in place, it tastes bitter
21 September 1998 - 7 out of 11 users found this review helpful.
Renee Zellweger and Meryl Streep both give remarkable performanaces in this oddly off-putting movie. I expected to leave the theater as bleary-eyed as Streep's character was close to her final scenes, but instead felt empty and a bit depressed. In my opinion, for a movie like this to succeed there must be a) characters you warm up to early on, b) enough humor to balance out the extreme morbidity of the plot, and c) a sense that there is some greater reason for sitting through 2 hours of this. One True Thing did not make the case in any of these areas, so I am calling it a failure.
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