One Fine Day

Plot synopsis:
Melanie Parker (Michelle Pfeiffer) is an architect and divorced single mother to son, Sammy (Alex D. Linz). Her day gets off to a bad start when she is late to drop him off at school, due to the forgetfulness of fellow single parent Jack Taylor (George Clooney), a New York Daily News reporter whose daughter, Maggie (Mae Whitman), is thrust into his care that morning by his ex-wife. The children arrive just a moment too late to go on a school field trip (a Circle Line boat cruise). Their parents are forced to accept that, on top of hectically busy schedules, they must work together that day to supervise each other's child. In their confusion of sharing a taxi, they accidentally switch cellphones, causing each of them, all morning, to receive calls intended for the other one, which they then have to relay to the right person.
Melanie must make an architectural design presentation to an important client. Jack has to find a source for a scoop on the New York mayor's mob connections. Sammy causes havoc at Melanie's office with toy cars, causing her to trip and break her scale model display. In frustration, Melanie takes Sammy to a daycare center (which is having a "Superhero Day"), where she coincidentally comes across Jack trying to convince Maggie to stay and behave herself. They create impromptu costumes for the children, utilizing his imagination and her resourcefulness. She takes her model to a shop to get quickly repaired. Having left for a meeting, Melanie panics when she receives a phone call from Sammy about another child having a psychedelic drug. She phones Jack in desperation and asks him to pick up both kids. He agrees, on the condition that she take over their care at 3:15 while he chases down a potential news source.
While in Melanie's care, Maggie goes missing from a store, and wanders some distance down a crowded midtown sidewalk. Melanie breaks down in despair at the police station, files a missing child report, and then goes to a mayoral press conference to find Jack. He is notified by the police that Maggie has been found, and makes it to the press conference just barely in time to confront the mayor with his scoop about corruption. He had earlier tracked down its source, just as she was leaving a beauty salon in a limousine. Although they have been antagonistic, Melanie and Jack work together to get both Sammy and Maggie, by taxi, to a soccer game. She insists that she will have time first to do her presentation to the new clients, despite him protesting that it will make them late for the game. She begins her pitch over drinks at the 21 Club lounge, but upon seeing Sammy in high spirits, she realizes that she cares more about him than her job. Bravely insisting that she must leave immediately to be with him, she fully expects to be fired, yet the clients are impressed.
At the game, Melanie meets her ex-husband, Eddie, who admits that he lied to Sammy and that he will be going on tour as a drummer with Bruce Springsteen. That evening, Jack wants a reason to visit Melanie's apartment, so he takes Maggie to buy goldfish to replace the ones that were eaten earlier in the day by a cat. At Melanie's apartment, the children watch TV while she and Jack share an awkward first kiss. She goes to the bathroom to freshen up; when she returns, an exhausted Jack is asleep on the sofa. She joins him and they fall asleep together, with the children happily observing.

Tags: romantic, comedy, fantasy

Review:
In "One Fine Day" Jack Taylor (George Clooney) and Melanie Parker (Michelle Pfeiffer) meet when their children miss a school field trip, and after much bickering they finally agree to take shifts in watching their kids.
Yes, you may think its cheesy that Jack's a famed newspaper columnist bringing down a mob member and the mayor, and Melanie's an architect working on what we imagine is a multi-million dollar deal with big businessmen, but the way it's presented is not that it makes sense, it's that you don't care.
And that's not the focus of the film either, the movie would rather be about the minglings of the two leads.And I have to say, Clooney and Pfeiffer have great, perfect chemistry.
Just like many others, I expect romantic comedies to be all the same - usually terribly unrealistic (talk about suspension of disbelief!) as in the Pretty Woman, and the humor to be 3rd grade.But, One Fine Day, surprised me in many ways!
Also it is surprisingly relevant for today's world, and not targeted at teeny boppers.One Fine Day is a film with a very smart script, funny dialogues, beautiful acting, directing, and it all gels well together.
It is time we step back, and enjoy some of the subtleties of life and people, and laugh at ourselves, when it's all presented in a believable and funny way.The film takes us through "one fine day" of a single mother and her son, and a single father and his daughter.
In a single day they both go through so many humbling episodes that the relationship develops from "I already have an opinion about you..." and "So do I..." to "I'll help you out if you say: 'Be my knight in shining armor...'"The control freak named Melanie and played wonderfully by Michelle Pfeiffer, manages to stay likable even though she "beats every miserable bastard that comes her way to pulp".
One particularly admires the fact that, at its conclusion, the film's romantic clincher - when the tired-out couple have to settle for just falling asleep together, despite their by now clearly desparate need for each other, - insists upon the importance of exactly this: Love, rather than merely lust, as the basis for an adult relationship.Just occasionally, Hollywood still lets us have a grown-up entertainment.
Maybe I was just at that age when I was starting to appreciate romance when I saw it in the cinema (3 times) but I still feel this is one of the best romantic comedies I've ever seen and would definately recommend it to anyone.
Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney did a very good job playing two people who are divorced, with a child, afraid to commit to someone else and with a hectic life.
(this is a romantic comedy, I don't have to explain everything I hope).Even though some parts aren't excellent, the entire movie is actually quite good and enjoyable.
I can think of no better way to spend my one day off a week with my husband than including a movie like this into our plans..
This movie, on the other hand, may be trying to capture that "old-fashioned" feeling, but the values it's after are the values of craftsmanship and intelligence, two things rarely seen in comedies these days.
This requires 2 main things: 1.) Two great actors with wonderful chemistry 2.) An original and funny script We have seen this in so many movies like 6 Days 7 Nights with Anne Heche and Harrison Ford or You've Got Mail with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan or recently in The Runaway Bride with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere.
George Clooney ( who proves that he can be a very funny guy) and Michelle Pfeiffer ( who gives a great performance in this movie) have very good chemistry and the script is very funny and romantic with some really great one-liners.
Pleasant romantic comedy stars Pfeiffer and Clooney as two divorced, overworked parents whose children are bickering classmates.
Rather recalls Neil Simon, and if you enjoy movies like Seems Like Old Times, you'll enjoy this one.Film buffs will note a few appearances here by actors who would join Clooney later in O Brother, Where Art Thou..
, in same measure, the clever way to tell the story, the chemistry between George Clooney - remembering, in few scenes , Cary Grant good performances - and Michele Pfeiffer , the feeling to be one of stories from every day but in right clothes are virtues of a film who gives a realistic, seductive and smart message about duties, love, second chance and freedom, family and fight against yourself.
One Fine Day is a beautiful story, because the characters are similar in details like: Melanie Parker and Jack Taylor have a child each one, careers for saving,  angry bosses, and others.
The old theatrical advice not to work with children is proven false, since the cute kids in this movie, while central to the plot, do not steal the show.At times hilariously funny.
George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer are perfect as two busy single parents with young children.
George Clooney has the unique looks to play both normal man like Jack Taylor in this film and others like Daniel Ocean in "Ocean's Eleven", Ulysses McGill Everett ("O, Brother, Where Art Thou?"), Billy Tyne ("The Perfect Stor"), Thomas Devoe ("The Peacemaker") and so on.
It's supposed to be a sweet romantic comedy with George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer but the film just falls short.
If you don't happen to be from that segment of the population like its producer Lynda Obst who finds misbehaving children who ruin their clueless parents lives cute, this movie is like finger nails on the blackboard.The plot has more cliff hangers than the entire TCM DVD collection of film noir...
It's very romantic and great chemistry between Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney, with perfect romantic songs especially "have i told you lately i love you" by van morrison.
Pfeiffer plays the working woman having to fight tooth and nail in this 'mans' world to keep up and Clooney (journalist) doing his part in trying to clean up the corruption going on and both able to give each other a helping hand by looking after the kids, sometimes not very well, but these parts are secondary to the main story of the two of them and a growing relationship born out of a necessity to keep a working life going while looking after the kids.I would have no problem sitting down to watch it again and gave it a 7/10 which I feel is quite a big deal, if you feel the need to keep your better half happy on a film night you could do a lot worse :).
If you ask me, the way that Jack (George Clooney) and Melanie (Michelle Pfeiffer) fell in love was absolutely romantic.
Now, in conclusion, I highly recommend this sweet, charming, and excellent romantic comedy about two divorcées whose feelings gradually surface for each other over the course of one hectic day.
On a particularly hectic work day, no-nonsense architect Michelle Pfeiffer (also in 'Batman Returns') and charming newspaper columnist George Clooney (TV's "ER") each take care of each other's children to meet the demands of their busy schedules.
In many ways the film is not about the romance between Clooney and Pfeiffer but is about being parents and the trials and tribulations of bringing one children in today's world.
One Fine Day is a lightweight easy-to-swallow romantic comedy filled with fun and humor, yet at the same time it has the power to be emotional and uplifting.
There is technically no romantic relationship between the characters as they have just met for the first time in the beginning of the story and as the title suggests, the movie only takes us through their first day of having known each other, and this is a very intelligent film for knowing that the early stages are really the most exciting part of romance.
Clooney and Pfieffer's younger counterparts, Mae Whittman and Alex Lunz as the two kids, pull off the two big requirements of their role: being loveable and cute but at the same time highly annoying as one likes to stick things up his nose and the other one likes to wander off.
George Clooney (playing someone rather like though not identical to his ER character) and Michelle Pfeiffer play a pair of lonely single parents, both afraid to get close to someone and be hurt again.
Jack Taylor (George Clooney), and Melanie Parker (Michelle Pfeiffer), are two divorced parents about to have the worst day of their lives.Melanie, an architect, is the mother of five year old Sammy (Alex D.
Linz) who has both a school field trip, and a soccer game on the day his mother has to give the most important presentation of her career which could mean a promotion...or the loss of her job.Jack, a newspaper columnist, is having some career troubles himself.On the morning of the day he has to focus all his energy on getting a story confirmed, or getting fired, his ex-wife drops by, telling him he has to watch their five year old daughter Maggie (Mae Whitman) since she's going on her honeymoon with her new husband, and can't find anyone else to care for the child.Maggie is Sammy's classmate, and -like him- is anxious to get to the field trip.Which is how Jack and Melanie meet...Arriving late for a field trip their children cannot attend, having missed the boat by a very few minutes (which Melanie blames on Jack, and counters with an upset involving the class goldfish).This is the first of a series of disasters which make us wonder how the quartet make it through the day alive.As for Melanie, and Jack, they hate each other, but begrudgingly grow to depend on each other as their phones get accidentally switched, and no one is willing to care for the children during the hours that could make, or break their careers.Add to that, the rain.
In "One Fine Day" George Clooney is at his charismatic best and Michelle Pfeiffer is on top form too.
Plot In A Paragraph: Jack Taylor (Clooney) and Melanie Parker (Pfeiffer) are two divorced strangers, who are forced to rely on each other, during one crazy day, when both of their kids miss a school trip and both are face losing their respective jobs.
I really enjoyed this movie, Michelle Pfeiffer pulls off both distressed single-parent and love interest to Clooney roles well, and how in the world, had I missed what a fine pair of leg she has.
Whilst Mae Whittman was fine as Clooney's daughter Maggie (OK her penchant for wondering off after cats was a worry) Alex D Linz is one of the most annoying children I have ever watched on screen, that's actually harsh on the actor as he did as he was told, and performed well enough, it's his character that annoyed the living hell out of me!!
The story is about two single parents, played by the beautiful Michelle Pfeiffer and the ever charming George Clooney.
Their on screen chemistry is just fabulous to watch and the entire movie progresses on how caring about little things in life amidst all the chaos can lead to the perfect partner in the most unexpected of ways.
It's a really nice film, the story is simple and funny(similar to a screwball comedy),the lines are clever and the two stars ,Pfeiffer and Clooney,are very good at their roles.
More precisely,they both play two single parents who are forced,due to the fact that their kids miss the school trip,to cooperate and spend almost an entire day together in order to compromise their demanding schedule at work and the care of their children.
Jack(Clooney)is a cool,charming newspaper reporter and Melanie(Pfeiffer) is a clever,dynamic and slightly neurotic architect.Of course the attraction between them is obvious from the very first moment but since they don't admit the truth to each other, they spend the entire day flirting and creating a romantic and funny battle of the sexes.
The man is Jack Taylor, a high-flying reporter (George Clooney), and the woman is Melanie Parker, an equally ambitious architect (Michelle Pfeiffer).
We can see the result coming a mile off.This predictable movie certainly isn't the finest day of either Clooney or Pfeiffer.
Long gone are the days when I considered myself a romantic but that doesn't prevent me from enjoying this charming romantic comedy to a degree, even though it is a genre of film that I used to like better when I was younger.
It is romantic without being too lame or mushy stuff, although it still is cheesy at times.George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer have perfect chemistry.
So have the two kids, as good in their respective roles as the adults are on theirs.Despite all the fast pace and daily rush subject this films deals with, it still has room for classic humor, romance and a certain nostalgic/classic feeling to it thanks to oldie songs and the excellent scenario of New York city, making that city look perhaps better than it really is, especially now after the horrifying events of 11th September 2001.George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer would make a good couple in real life, just like Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner would.
Pleasant romantic comedy, charming Clooney and Pfeiffer.
'One fine Day' is a breezy romantic comedy with winning performances by Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney.
I thought that Clooney was good for the part because we watch ER all the time and he was very believable as Jack Taylor.
This movie falls flat from the get-go by matching a well known hunk, George Clooney, with Michelle Pfeiffer.
Single parents Melanie Parker and Jack Taylor both miss the school trip and find themselves stuck with their kids on a busy work day.
Even though Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney have some chemistry and turn in pretty good performances as the harried single parents, it's not enough to overcome the sappy, gooey storyline and dialogue and save the movie.
One Fine Day. No chemistry in this romantic-comedy with the poorly mismatched Clooney and Pfieffer as two single folks who find each other in their own way at the end of the picture.
Melanie has an important job interview at 2:00 p.m., so she makes a deal with Jack: He watches both children until 3:00, and she'll watch them for the rest of the day (since he has to get a column for the newspaper written which supposedly takes an hour).Why do romantic films always make the leading man have a hard-pressing job, usually as a reporter, and the leading woman have an even harder-pressing job?
the film stars George clooney as a divorced journalist who never likes to take any responsibilities....Michelle pfeiffer plays Melanie Parker, a divorced mother.
Both pfeiffer and clooney have a busy day and they have no one but each other to look after the kids.
Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, as Melanie, and George Clooney, as Jack, "One Fine Day" has the usual clichés of the genre, but manages to make a slight difference with the amazing performances of Alex D.
One Fine Day came out in 1996 and starred Michelle Phieffer and George Clooney and tells the tale of two single parents both whom were divorced by their partners team up after both kids end up losing their trip with the school kids.
So will Jack and Melanie fall for each other?Bottom line I always loved this film not because of the story but I always loved George Clooney and Michelle Phieffer and I thought their chemistry was very good.
One Fine Day (1996): Dir: Michael Hoffman / Cast: George Clooney, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mae Whitman, Alex D.
One Fine Day is a lovely Romantic Comedy that avoids many of the clichés usually associated with the genre.Most RomComs stick with the formula whereby the two leads meet, argue, fall in love, part when a truth or lie is discovered, and yet they kiss and make up at the end and live happily ever after.One Fine Day breaks with that tradition somewhat, as the romance builds more realistically over the course of the movie with nothing really said or done about their feelings till the very end and the Comedy aspect is subtle and is derived mainly from the interaction of the characters rather than excessively witty dialogue or situations.Clooney and Pfeiffer have great on screen chemistry which adds to the films overall charm as they play busy working single parents who, due to missing the school bus and field trip are unexpectedly left holding their respective babies despite both having life changing business commitments throughout the day.The two meet, and due to his childlike immaturity and her control freak attitude, immediately rub each other up the wrong way, but when they are forced to rely on each other to do the babysitter routine whilst they each attend their meetings and satisfy their employers, they grow closer and closer so that by days end, their animosity has turned to friendship, to attraction and finally love.Its a shame the film contains quite a few expletives as on the whole this film would have been suitable for the whole family, a universal comedy suitable for all in the old style, like a film from the 40's or 50's.
Is it over yet was the frequent comment.Making a film as a romantic comedy is no excuse for not having a story line, or having a story that is so predictable as this one.A shame for George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer that they got involved in a project like this.We did enjoy Dracula though..
Linz), Jack Taylor (George Clooney) is a New York Daily News columnist and single father to daughter Maggie (Independence Day's Mae Whitman), both of them are divorced.
For this theme of film, this actually works not just for the reasonable laughs and alright enough love story, but it is also a convincing portrait of the life of single parents, I will admit it could have had a more layered script, but it is an interesting enough romantic comedy.