One Fine Day (1996) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The lives of two strangers and their young children unexpectedly intersect on one hectic, stressful day in New York City. Director: a list of 32 titles created 24 Dec 2010 a list of 27 titles created 18 May 2011 a list of 48 titles created 10 Jun 2011 a list of 22 titles created 17 Dec 2011 a list of 41 titles created 03 Feb 2015 Title: One Fine Day (1996) 6.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations.

See more awards » Videos An ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in TV journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love. Director: Jon Avnet Ben and Katie Jordan are a married couple who go through hard times in fifteen years of marriage. Director: Rob Reiner An ex-Marine turned teacher struggles to connect with her students in an inner city school. Director: John N. Smith The Deep End of The Ocean is a film about a family's reaction when Ben, the youngest son is kidnapped and then found nine years later, living in the same town, where his family had just moved. Director: Ulu Grosbard Edit Storyline Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job.

Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander. Written by John H. Henderson <johnh@eng.auburn.edu> She was having a perfectly bad day... Then he came along and spoiled it. Genres: Rated PG for language and mild sensuality | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 20 December 1996 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Un beau jour See more » Filming Locations: $6,226,430 (USA) (20 December 1996) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia When Maggie Taylor forgets the kitten's name, it was not a part of the script. Mae Whitman actually forgot the kitten's name and stayed in character. The director thought that it was so cute that he kept it in the movie. See more » Goofs The plastic wrap on the fishbowl changes between shots. When Melanie first leaves her apartment to go to Maggie's there is no wrap on it. When she's on the street and arrives at school it is covered with wrap and a rubber band.

Maggie removes the wrap at "breakfast" and it remains uncovered when Jack takes it to his office. See more » Quotes Jack Taylor : You are like Roy Scheider at the end of Jaws, the moment I open the mouth you are gonna drop a bomb. ONE FINE DAY Rating: PG Genre: Romantic Comedy I have to admit the only reason I went to see this movie is because of its stars. I had no real hope of it being overly enjoyable. Michelle Pfeiffer usually chooses interesting roles and George Clooney could read the phone book to me and I would be enraptured. However, what transpires here is not worth either of their talent or your time. Clooney and Pfeiffer have wonderful chemistry, but it's never fully realized, which is a true shame. Why put two of cinema's most beautiful people opposite each other if they're not going to end up together? It seems they were trying to create a film the whole family could enjoy. However, it's too adult for kids and too tame for adults. Nobody wants to see Pfeiffer and Clooney as single parents trying to survive a workday while taking care of their kids at the same time.

The situations they get into are believable, but would never happen all in one day. I know, this is a movie, not real life. A little too realistic is their constant arguing and yelling. Another thing we don't want to watch these two people doing. The film begins with them hating each other and ends with them falling asleep together after a full day of misadventures. Pardon? Falling asleep? I don't care how crazy a day I had, if I had George Clooney in my apartment, sleep would be the last thing on my To Do List. Granted, I don't have kids, so I guess I'm not an appropriate judge of this type of situation. However, if I was a single parent, I'm sure the chance for sex would keep my engines fired up. This was probably the most realistic ending they could come up with, but that doesn't make it satisfying. I put in all this time with these people and I think I deserve more than one kiss. Granted they'd only met that day, but love causes people to do crazy things, right? Especially people who looks as good as Pfeiffer and Clooney.

Falling asleep in each other's arms implies that they're going to have a future together. I just wanted to see more of it. Dump the kids and get to the good stuff. The child actors in this film play their parts well, but like most kids, they just get in the way. They didn't have much to do but act bored, bratty and tired, which their characters were, but that isn't much fun to watch. Of course, their parents never would have met if it weren't for the them, so I guess there was a decent enough reason for them to be there. It also gives Pfeiffer and Clooney a chance to stretch their acting muscles a bit, by showing them as more than pieces of meat. "I only wanted to warn you that Sammy can get into trouble faster than you can make most women smile." If this day is any indication, they're both loving, if somewhat distracted parents. Clooney starts as the screw up and redeems himself with a show of responsibility. Pfeiffer projects perfection, but shows throughout the day that she's not as together as she appears. That's about it for character development.

All in all, ONE FINE DAY isn't a bad movie, it just isn't a great movie either. Clooney and Pfeiffer each manage to be charming in their own way, but as a romantic comedy, this film barely scratches the surface of either genre. None of the problems they face are all that original, leaving them nothing much to do but smile and shrug at their inefficiencies as human beings. Maybe they need someone after all. Ahh, doesn't that leave you just all warm and fuzzy? If you like Clooney or Pfeiffer, you'll probably like this movie, but I wouldn't rush out to see it. It's something that will be more enjoyable if you don't have to pay for it. One Fine Day [VHS] [1997]: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D.

Linz, Charles Durning, Jon Robin Baitz, Ellen Greene, Joe Grifasi, Pete Hamill, Anna Maria Horsford, Gregory Jbara, Sheila Kelley, Oliver Stapleton, Michael Hoffman, Kate Guinzburg, Lynda Obst, Mary McLaglen, Ellen Simon, Terrel Seltzer: Amazon.co.uk: Video One Fine Day [VHS] [1997] Only 1 left in stock. This seller does not deliver to the United States. Learn more Dispatched from and sold by mike2407 . 7 new from Â£1.93 12 used from Â£1.19 See all buying options Â£1.94 Only 1 left in stock. Dispatched from and sold by mike2407 . Product details VHS Release Date: 14 Sept. 1998 Run Time: 104 minutes Product Description Product Description Melanie Parker (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Jack Taylor (George Clooney) are both single parents with a hectic day ahead of them. While Melanie has to give a presentation at her architectural firm, journalist Jack must attend an important press conference.

Due to Jack's forgetfulness, both his daughter Maggie and Melanie's son Sammy have missed their school field trip and, although Jack and Melanie dislike each other, they agree to babysit each other's kids while they keep their respective appointments. Inevitably, a gentle romance ensues. From Amazon.co.uk This gentle comedy almost seems like something out of Hollywood's Golden Age, a movie that might have been made by a talented contract director, perhaps featuring Don Ameche and Claudette Colbert. But in fact One Fine Day stars George Clooney as an investigative columnist for a New York newspaper and Michelle Pfeiffer as an architect. Both single parents, the two meet and bicker and develop a relationship over the course of a day while their young children play together. Michael Hoffman (Restoration) directs with a good sense of what's funny about harried caretakers and kids who do whatever they want to do. The story stretches out of shape a bit when Clooney's character has to rally to prove some point of corruption at City Hall; nobody involved seems quite up to making that subplot believable, but all that really matters about this very nice movie is the winning love story.

--Tom Keogh Customer Reviews One Fine Day - Dramastyle One Fine Day This Video is about the licences. For the organization, see Creative Commons license 268818|1 Reporting the video problem? Share Video : One Fine Dayis a 1996 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Hoffman , and starring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney as two single working parents, with Alex D. Linz and Mae Whitman as their children. The title comes from the 1963 song " One Fine Day " by The Chiffons . Michelle Pfeiffer served as an executive producer on this film,which was made in association with her company Via Rosa Productions. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("For the First Time"). 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 Sammy off at school, due to the forgetfulness of fellow single parent Jack Taylor ( George Clooney ), aNew York Daily Newsreporter whose daughter Maggie ( Mae Whitman ) is thrust into his care that morning by his ex-wife.

The children arrive seconds too late to go on a school field trip. Their parents are forced to accept that, on top of hectically busy schedules, they must work together to supervise each other's children. 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 child daycare centre (which is having a "Superhero Day"), where she comes across Jack trying to convince Maggie to stay and behave herself. They create impromptu costumes for the children, utilising Jack's imagination and Melanie's resourcefulness. Having left for a meeting, Melanie panics when she receives a phone call from Sammy regarding other children and drugs. She phones Jack in desperation to ask him to pick up both kids. He agrees on the condition that she take them at 3:15 while he chases down a potential source. While in Melanie's care, Maggie goes missing. Melanie breaks down in despair at the police station, files a missing child report and 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 in time to confront the mayor with his scoop. Although the two have been antagonistic, Melanie and Jack work together to get both Sammy and Maggie to a soccer game. Melanie insists that she will have time to do her presentation to the new clients, despite Jack protesting that it will make them late for the game. Melanie begins her pitch, but upon seeing Sammy in high spirits, she realises that she cares more about her son than her job. Bravely insisting that she must leave immediately to be with her son, she fully expects to be fired, yet the clients are impressed. At the game, Melanie meets her ex-husband, who admits that he has lied to Sammy and that he is 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 Jack and Melanie share an awkward first kiss. Melanie goes to the bathroom to freshen up; when she returns, an exhausted Jack is asleep on the sofa.

Melanie joins him and they fall asleep together. One Fine Day: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz, Charles Durning, Jon Robin Baitz, Ellen Greene, Joe Grifasi, Pete Hamill, Anna Maria Horsford, Gregory Jbara, Sheila Kelley, Oliver Stapleton, Michael Hoffman, Kate Guinzburg, Lynda Obst, Mary McLaglen, Ellen Simon, Terrel Seltzer: Amazon.ca: Video By Carol Golden on Nov. 10 2003 Format: DVD My husband and I both watched "One Fine Day" and were pleasantly surprised at the quality of acting and plot. This movie had more depth than most people probably notice. There was the superficial romance, and comedy. Then the underlying story of the career chase at the expense of family. I wasn't sure just how it would be resolved and was happy to see that in the end family won out. This is a must see in this day and age when parents of both sexes tend to put everything else before their home commitments. The consequences of power grabs was shown in a very realistic way. I know.

I've seen it close up with people I know and maybe this movie would be a good gift, subtle hint, to someone you know who could use a little push to make wiser decisions of their own. Who knows, it might just be the impetus needed to save a family from the problems that happen when career trumps home life. One of the best movies that I've seen George Clooney in, next to Perfect Storm. He can actually act. Michelle Pfeiffer brought more talent to this film than I've usually seen from her also. The best plots seem to bring out the best in actors. What a great vehicle for actors, and the improvement of family life in this day and age. It deserved a PG rating and will be part of my home collection. 3 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again. By Calinira on Nov.

10 2003 Format: Audio CD Usually Amazon has the movies and the soundtracks seperate but for some reason they have combined the reviews for the DVD and video for One Fine Day with the movie's music soundtrack which has several reviewers confused and assuming that reviewers mistakenly reviewed the wrong thing. In my opinion Amazon should keep the soundtrack and movie reviews seperate. The movie is good, a charming romantic comedy starring George Clooney and Michelle Pheiffer who both do a great job and Mae Whitman and Alex Linz who play his daughter and her son are great too and adorable. I remember first seeing Alex Linz in a series of McDonalds commercials and thinking that he was quite good for a child actor. I recommend the movie and also the soundtrack, the music is very good! One person found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again. By Matthew M. Yau on Feb. 23 2002 Format: Audio CD One Fine Day soundtrack is a collection of modern and oddie romantic tunes. I have to say this CD would be perfect for the loved one on Valentines' Day.

All the songs in the CD will pulsate your heart and bring a warm feeling to your flesh. My best favorites are the four tracks: Track 03-For The First Time (Kenny loggins) will definitely be one of the pieces featured in my wedding! "For the first time, when I'm looking in your eyes....I can't believe how much I see...but you're looking back at me....I understand what love is, for the first time." The most romantic moment would be when your special someone sings this song to you. Beautiful tune. Track 07-Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison) is another favorite in this soundtrack. Van Morrison has put a softer touch to this romantic tune. I must say that I'm somewhat biased because Van Marrison has been one of my favorite artists. Track 09-What A Difference A Day Made (Tony Benett) this is another oddie favorite. It's a pleasant surprise to have found this piece included in a modern love story. Track 14-Suite from One Fine Day. This is the only music score/instrumental in the entire soundtrack. It corresponds to the end credit of the movie.

Sort of like a reprise of all the tunes played in the movie. Still heart-touching and captivating. I appreciate all the songs in the soundtrack. It could be one of the sappiest soundtrack ever released! Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again. By Amazon Customer on Feb. 13 2003 Format: DVD This a wonderful film to watch no matter what time of year it is. Melanie, Pfeiffer, is a single mom trying to juggle a time consuming job and a precocious little boy. Jack ,Clooney, is a newspaper reporter and part-time father who not only hasn't grown up but is having problems taking responsibility for is energetic daughter. Where does this lead.. Well, Melanie is suppose to pick up Maggie ,Clooney's daughter, and Jack was suppose to call Melanie to let her know that the plans were changed. Neither have ever met the other due to the fact that they only know of each other through Jack's ex-wife. The unforseen delay causes the children to be late for their school field trip.

Now, they both have a busy workday ahead of them and nowhere for the children to stay. This is when the movie starts to heat up. The attraction between Melanie and Jack is apparent, but they both are weary and cynical. The movie spans 24 hours, in which both have to deal with several important issues and eventually learn that your children come first. Oh, and that love is just around the corner. This is a wonderfully fun movie, with a witty dialogue and talented cast. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again. By A Customer on Nov. 25 2001 Format: DVD "One Fine Day" is a very light comedy with romantic overtones and as such it is indeed excellent - it is short enough, relaxing enough and funny enough to provide much needed entertainment. At the same time humor displayed in the film is not of the "thrown-in-your-face" variety, as is so common in American comedies. Most of the time, you will stay slightly smiling throughout, and that does feel good.

The character portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer is a typical modern woman, who obviously has the good side of her, but takes care to hide it deep enough for no one to discover. Independent to the point of absurd, a "control-freak", as her movie partner calls her, attractive, thirtyish, working all the time, and divorced, super-peeved about men - yes, she is indeed an adequate portrait of a modern American woman. Clooney on the other hand is a nonchalant, also divorced man who is not as modern as one might expect. In this highly improbably light comedy, these two different people find the way to each other's hearts. The hostile kevlar suit each of them wears falls off, or rather - dissolves, and of course... they lived happily ever after. "Almost", as Bob Reiner might add. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again.

Just Another Manic 'Day' - latimes MOVIES | On Location Just Another Manic 'Day' Michelle Pfeiffer is a typical working mother, George Clooney is a typical single dad,and 'One Fine Day' had a typical shoot--with black eyes, bomb threats, rainouts . . . July 28, 1996 |Bronwen Hruska | Bronwen Hruska is a freelance writer based in New York NEW YORK — George Clooney has a young woman clinging to his thigh and she won't let go. So what else is new? This time, however, instead of an adoring fan, she's his up-and-coming co-star in Michael Hoffman's new movie, "One Fine Day." Yes, 8-year-old Mae Whitman, who plays the only daughter to Clooney's single parent, has a bit of a crush on the dreamy TV actor who's quickly crossing over to the big screen, having starred in Robert Rodriguez's "From Dusk Till Dawn" and soon to fill Val Kilmer's vacated Batsuit. "Some people call him George Clooney, but I call him an ugly disgusting blob," says Whitman, perhaps protesting too much.

"Those girls who scream at him are so weird." Today, there are hundreds of those screaming girls crowding the Fifth Avenue sidewalk and steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral to glimpse Clooney shooing Whitman into Rockefeller Center on a cold, wet weekend. Of course, half of the eager onlookers craning their necks and pushing against the yellow police tape are men, out to catch a glimpse of Michelle Pfeiffer, who co-stars with Clooney as a career mom juggling work and family. The single parents, both strapped for this hectic day with their children, are forced to help each other out, and in the process they fall in love. "The modern definition of heroism is simply surviving the day as a working mother," says producer Lynda Obst ("Sleepless in Seattle"). She came up with "One Fine Day's" premise several years ago during a particularly stressful day that included a PTA meeting for her son (now 17) in addition to critical meetings at work. "We're all living this enormous conflict, being the parents we want to be and the professionals we want to be.

And it's not just the psychological and emotional conflict--it's physically accomplishing the logistics of what has to be done today that's impossible." It was a long way, however, from Obst's nightmare day to movie magic. Between the scheduling conflicts (Clooney crammed production of this movie and DreamWorks' first film, "Peacemaker," into a hiatus from his role as "ER" pediatrician Doug Ross; Pfeiffer's on-screen son, 7-year-old Alex Linz, had to work around a grueling McDonald's contract), the weather (which had to remain overcast for continuity), Clooney's allergies and a broken eye socket (suffered during a pickup basketball game), disgruntled Upper West Side residents and the vast challenge of shooting at 44 Manhattan locations (complete with bomb threats), production mirrored the harried heart of the movie. Coming off his well-reviewed "Restoration," along with the impending birth of his second child, Hoffman, the movie's director, was immediately attracted to the script. "I've read lots of romantic comedies, and the trap most fall into is that they feel sort of soft and mushy," he says.

"I like this movie because these people don't get along most of the time. They're tough on each other and by the end you somehow respect and identify with them. You don't feel you've been manipulated into it." Hoffman watched "Adam's Rib," "Pat and Mike," "Bringing Up Baby" and "The Front Page" before filming. He and his director of photography, Oliver Stapleton ("Restoration"), even tried to replicate the feel of the old black-and-white studio films with theatrical lighting. "The goal was to subtract the modern world," Hoffman says. Over the course of one day, Pfeiffer's character, Mel, has an important architecture presentation and a crucial peewee soccer game to get to. Clooney's character, Jack Taylor, a Daily News columnist who is breaking a story about corruption in the mayor's office, has to get to a skittish source. A crazy day gets crazier when Jack's bungling forces the kids to miss their field trip on the Circle Line cruise around Manhattan. In the script's original draft (by Terrel Seltzer, titled "Momma Said"), however, Clooney's character didn't even exist.

Obst hooked up with Michelle Pfeiffer's development company, Via Rosa, and Kate Guinzburg, Pfeiffer's producing partner, brought in Ellen Simon ("Moonlight and Valentino") to do a complete rewrite. "By the second draft, we realized there are men in the world and that we were being incredible sexists," says Obst of the film, due in theaters on Valentine's Day. "In fact, there are plenty of divorced, single working fathers going through the exact same thing." When Tom Cruise and Kevin Costner passed on the project, no one could agree on a male lead to play opposite Pfeiffer--until they met Clooney (who, incidentally, dated Dedee Pfeiffer, the actress' sister, more than a decade ago). "He's got a great comic sense and he's sexy," Hoffman says. "For some reason, that's a very, very rare combination. But he's also got a lonely quality I really thought was important in the character.

His boyishness is critical to irritate and loosen up Michelle's character over the course of the movie." Pfeiffer, Clooney Strike ‘Fine’ Balance | Variety Print December 1, 1996 | 11:00PM PT One Fine Day" is a pretty ideal baby-boomer romantic comedy. Made with the right breezy insouciance and performed with consummate flair and sexy star allure by Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney, this lively confection will hold plenty of appeal for mainstream auds over 30, even as some younger hipsters will no doubt find the crazed, child-encumbered leads insufferable. Strong B.O. with good legs lies ahead. One Fine Day” is a pretty ideal baby-boomer romantic comedy. Made with the right breezy insouciance and performed with consummate flair and sexy star allure by Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney, this lively confection will hold plenty of appeal for mainstream auds over 30, even as some younger hipsters will no doubt find the crazed, child-encumbered leads insufferable. Strong B.O. with good legs lies ahead.

Script by Terrel Seltzer and Ellen Simon spins on one of the central domestic dilemmas of the era: how to balance kids and a career. Add to the mix the question of how single parents might actually manage to find time for romance in the press of what are already overloaded lives, and you have the prescription for an easily engaging storyline once you forgive the contrivances that bring the characters together and prevent them from having available day care. In tried-and-true romantic comedy tradition, Melanie Parker (Pfeiffer) and Jack Taylor (Clooney) meet cute and are antagonistic from the outset. Divorced Jack, a hard-hitting Daily News columnist, is abruptly put in charge of his 5 -year-old daughter, Maggie (Mae Whitman), when his ex-wife decides to take a honeymoon with her new hubby. He is responsible for both Maggie and same-aged Sammy, divorced architect Melanie’s son, missing a daylong school trip on a ferry. Thus are the two parents stuck with their kids for the day, and they can ill afford the burden.

Jack, who first has to take his daughter along to his shrink session, is in the middle of an erupting City Hall controversy and must dig up some proof from dubious sources for his damaging charges against the mayor. For her part, Melanie has a major presentation to make for a big-bucks urban development, and she can expect no understanding from her hypochondriacal boss, who is so phobic of kids that Melanie hasn’t even been able to admit to him that she has one. And so it goes throughout the day, with accident-prone Sammy causing a succession of little disasters; his defiant, I-can-do-it-alone mother finally agreeing to let the despised, egotistical Jack help her out a bit; the two adults mixing up their identical cellular phones and surviving calamities at a bully-dominated emergency child care center; Jack dealing with underworld types, politicos and an official’s scorned wife; Melanie trying to sell a multimillion-dollar construction project and then losing Jack’s daughter on her watch, and finally dashing from drinks at “21” to try to make a kiddie soccer game in Central Park at 6 p.m.

The pressures of the adults’ parallel responsibilities provide more than sufficient incident and forward momentum, and the scenarists have underlaid the action with just enough sense of growing attraction between the leads to prevent the catalogue of misadventures and scheduling conflicts from being the main subject of the picture. Understandably, Jack is attracted to Melanie right away, but Pfeiffer, in an excellent, well-judged performance, plays her as enough of hard-headed, disagreeable workaholic that one initially believes she might remain impervious to anything Jack has to offer. Despite a much-commented-upon Peter Pan complex and a degree of unfamiliarity with his daughter’s needs, Jack is a winner, and perhaps the film needn’t have underscored this point so much by having practically every woman in the cast leer at and make passes at him. Clooney, in his second post”E.R.” stardom feature, makes it all look easy, effortlessly conveying both the capable, tenacious, professional side of his character and the romantic softy inside.

He’s the rare major actor who, like Clark Gable, holds equal appeal for men and women, and here he shows a light touch that offers further evidence of considerable range and ability to dominate on the bigscreen. As the characters spend the entire day, and running time, trying to keep all the balls they have in the air from falling at their feet, the emotional undercurrents remain uninsistent until the very end, when they finally, if gently, hook in. By fade-out, pic conveys a sweet quality that mostly overrides the time-squeezed contrivances of the plotting. Director Michael Hoffman keeps the material’s elements in proper perspective and, despite a vaguely staged quality at certain moments, integrates the foreground action very well with the general bustle of Manhattan, making for a vibrant picture of contempo urban life. Contributions of key production hands, notably production designer David Gropman, lenser Oliver Stapleton, costume designer Susie DeSanto and editor Garth Craven, are uniformly sharp and sparkling. The kids are fine and not chosen or directed to be particularly scene-stealing or overly lovable, and pic is loaded with colorful, mostly brief supporting turns.

Notable are Ellen Greene as the brassy, scorned wife, Joe Grifasi as a reluctant informant, Holland Taylor as Melanie’s luminous mother and, rather more prominently, Charles Durning as Jack’s editor. Pfeiffer, Clooney Strike 'Fine' Balance Production A 20th Century Fox release of a Fox 2000 Pictures presentation in association with Via Rosa Prods. Produced by Lynda Obst. Executive producers, Kate Guinzburg , Michelle Pfeiffer. Co-producer, Mary McLaglen. Directed by Michael Hoffman. Screenplay, Terrel Seltzer, Ellen Simon. Crew Camera (Deluxe color), Oliver Stapleton; editor, Garth Craven; music, James Newton Howard; production design, David Gropman; art direction, John Warnke; set design , Nancy Mickelberry, Christopher S. Nushawg, Dianne Wager; set decoration, Anne Kuljian; costume design, Susie DeSanto; sound, Petur Hliddal; assistant director , Stephen Dunn; casting, Lora Kennedy. Reviewed at 20th Century Fox Studios, L.A., Nov. 19, 1996.

MPAA Rating: PG. Running time: 108 MIN. With Melanie Parker ...... Michelle Pfeiffer Jack Taylor ...... George Clooney Maggie Taylor ...... Mae Whitman Sammy Parker ...... Alex D. Linz Lew ...... Charles Durning Yates Jr. ...... Jon Robin Baitz Elaine Lieberman ...... Ellen Greene Manny Feldstein ...... Joe Grifasi Frank Burroughs ...... Pete Hamill Evelyn ...... Anna Maria Horsford Metro Reporter ...... Gregory Jbara Kristen ...... Sheila Kelley Yates Sr. ...... Barry Kivel Dr. Martin ...... Robert Klein Smith Leland ...... George Martin Eddie ...... Michael Massee Celia ...... Amanda Peet Marla ...... Bitty Schram Rita ...... Holland Taylor Liza ...... Rachel York One Fine Day (1996) starring Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz, Charles Durning, Jon Robin Baitz directed by Michael Hoffman - movie review on The Movie Scene Clooney and Pfeiffer Have One Hell of a Day I just want to find a fish who isn't afraid of my dark chocolate layer...

and of course she'd have to love my cookie too - Jack Taylor You've seen one romantic comedy, you've seen them all or at least it often feels that way as the majority tend to work through some sort of play book of ideas, characters and romantic scenes. "One Fine Day" starring George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer is by no means any different, working through a list of must haves from attractive leads, to cute kids, button pushing scenes and most annoyingly a truly predictable plot. But whilst generically predictable, "One Fine Day" has one saving grace, that being that the story takes place in the course of just one day and so gives it a bit more pace than your average often drawn out rom-com. When their kids miss the boat for a school trip, single parents Melanie Parker ( Michelle Pfeiffer - Dangerous Minds ), a career minded architect, and Jack Taylor ( George Clooney - Burn After Reading ), a laid back tabloid journalist, are forced to join forces despite initially loathing each other. With both facing a catastrophe at work, they take it in turns to child mind and as the day progresses their initial frostiness melts and a surprising romance starts to blossom.

The main storyline to "One Fine Day" is nothing more than your predictable man meets woman, they initially detest each other but over time they realize that their initial misconceptions of who each other are dissolves to allow for a completely predictable yet unlikely romance. But whilst this may be the underlying theme most of the enjoyment comes from watching the slightly exaggerated issues that each of them suffer when they take it in turns to look after the children. Scenes such as when Melanie's son gets a marble stuck up his nose, or when Jack's daughter goes walking off to play with some cute kittens and my favourite which sees Melanie manage to dress up the two children as super heroes with just the contents of the bag really do bring a smile to your face. But to be honest, after a while these sorts of scenes tend to become tiresome because as soon as one crisis is over another one starts, which although slightly realistic I doubt that any parent would go through the amount of problems that these two encounter in just one day.

Where "One Fine Day" is a bit hit and miss is in the romance stakes, as whilst the initial loathing of each other is handled brilliantly and their arguing is actually very funny the actual romance seems to have been over looked and whilst you can definitely see their attitudes to each other change over the duration of the movie it never really culminates in a satisfactory romantic climax. Maybe the writers were trying to be clever by attempting to demonstrate that two single parents don't have any proper time for real romance, but whatever the reason "One Fine Day" is seriously let down by this lack of romance. Where "One Fine Day" does score high marks is by making all this happen in just one day. Although at times the events and issues are exaggerated, this time frame really does make the movie zip along at a real good pace not allowing you time to realize how preposterous some of the set ups really are. The other area where it manages to score higher than many others in the same genre is within the dialogue. The majority of the dialogue is surprisingly original and only on a couple of occasions it felt like it was falling into the trap of becoming cliche and obviously button pushing with the use of totally over the top and out of place speeches.

As already mentioned, it does follow the typical route of having two strong leads those being George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer, which in the case of "One Fine Day" is a very good thing. I strongly doubt that lesser known actors would have gained the same empathy from the audience as George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer manage. Whilst I may not be a huge fan of George Clooney I have to admit that he is pretty good as Jack Taylor the laid back tabloid hack, who is also a bit of a womanizer. His cheeky smiles and easy going charm works brilliantly as a contrast to Michelle Pfeiffer's character who appears to be more uptight and career focused. Of course putting Pfeiffer and Clooney in a movie is going to appease both male and female audiences alike and the quick fire repartee between them is definitely one of the highlights of the movie. But due to the script writers choosing to rush the romantic element we never get a true glimpse of any real sexual chemistry. Add to the mix two cute kids; those being Maggie Taylor played by Mae Whitman and Sammy Parker played by Alex D. Linz and you have a nice set of characters.

Amazingly the onscreen bickering between Sammy and Maggie works just as well as that of their parents and of course when they introduce the little kittens it is enough to push anyone's buttons in the cutesy stakes. But, whilst everything so far has been reasonably positive, "One Fine Day" does have a huge problem and that is when it comes to who it will really appeal to. To be honest watching two thirty something's struggle to look after their children is not going to be an ideal date night movie for your young lovers and not something which will necessarily appeal to anyone who has not suffered the headache of looking after young children. So to be honest it does seem to have quite a limited appeal to those in their thirties and have kids who can appreciate the stresses as shown in "One Fine Day". What this all boils down to is that despite the formulaic approach and some obvious button pushing scenes, I actually quite like "One Fine Day". This is mainly down to the quick fire repartee and basing the story over the period of just one day, making it feel slightly edgier than your normal romantic comedy. Also the style of humour which could be classed as more situation than slapstick does raise quite a few smiles.

My only real negative comes from the seemingly rushed climax, which whilst finishing upbeat really lets the movie down. Latest Movie Reviews

Question: What is the title of the 1996 film in which George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer play single parents Alex and Mae?
Answer: One Fine Day