‘One Day’: The Reviews Are In!

If you’ve seen the “One Day” trailers or are familiar with your run of the mill romance dramas, you know this is not your typical coming of age story. With warnings from its stars that it is unusually melancholy and unpredictable, it sort of feels like we might be going to see something similar to Zach Braff’s “Last Kiss.”

Here at Hot Momma Gossip, we’ve been super-excited about the film from the get-go. We’re Anne Hathaway fans and pretty much think anything she’s in is a notch better than what it would’ve otherwise turned out. The film also stars the affable Jim Sturgess as Dexter, who is the spends the night of college graduation with Hathaway’s Emma. They don’t stay together through out and we’re taken to the same date each year to see where they are in their lives.

Now that the film “One Day” is finally in theaters, it’s time to see what the critics think. Grab your popcorn as we sift through the “One Day” reviews:

The not-so-great:

• New York Daily News: As 1992 rolls around, a sense of dread sets in: Are they really going to do every single year?
• Toronto Star: Long before the credits roll, you may find yourself wishing your life could flash before your eyes, to end the monotony of this relentless turning of calendar pages.
• New York Post: There are no sparks whatsoever, and that’s always a deal-breaker for me in romantic films
• Screen It!: ’One Day’ has its moments, but feels more like its plot’s 20-some years in sitting through the rest of the dreck to get to them. (Content Review for Parents also available)
• St. Paul Pioneer Press: It suffers from a casting error in one of the two leads and its director seems to have contemplated three or four different endings and then just thrown up her hands and decided to include all of them.
• Calvin Wilson: Perhaps one day, Hathaway and Sturgess will reunite in a more emotionally satisfying romance.

The Good:

• Newark Star-Ledger: Few films “get” the strange, intertwining bonds of affection quite so effortlessly, although the episodic structure keeps the drama from flowing nicely.
• Washington Post: Nicholls has proven a faithful shepherd to his fictional creations, who banter and rant at each other with the practiced elan of the aging couple they’re clearly meant to be.
• USA Today: Amid sharp banter, the film poignantly captures how lives meander and take unexpected turns.
• E! Online: Despite the familiar When Harry Met Sally, friends-first, opposites-attract contrivances, this romance is intermittently loveable, thanks to a glam cast and witty script.

Will you watch? Check out the trailer.