One Day

Based on a book by David Nicholls, published in 2009, this story was told in 2011 with an all-white cast and with an untalented American actress in the lead. Because of her roaming accent and bad acting, the 2011 film version of the story was panned.

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Thankfully, someone had a good idea to cast real British people (as it is set in England and Scotland), including some brown folks. The casting decisions are what make the 2022 film version of the story great.

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Much like the storytelling in the 1978 film Same Time, Next Year, we revisit two people every year on July 11, for about 20 years. Over that span we are treated to a real-life version of the ups and downs of various people’s lives. I felt those ups and downs profoundly as I, too, felt it was impossible to fail and that I had all the time in the world. HAa!

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This is a love story, but it’s also the story of human life. Death, disappointment, children, affairs, the wrong relationships, love lost, and love found. It is able to strike a delicate balance so it never feel false.

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We’ve all known people like the characters in this story and that’s what makes it powerful.

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The ending is a punch in the face. And then, the real ending is a punch in the nuts. This is a tale for adults. Bring your tissues.

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