Finally saw One Day

Last night.

Lone Scherfig is such an old softie, hunh?

It is amazing to think she was part of the Danish Dogme movement.

Her first feature, and one of the Dogme films, Italian for Beginners, though showing a certain type of odd bleak Scandinavian humor, still had a very tidy, romantic double "wedding" ending that you see in comedies all the time.

Rafe Spall, son of actor, Timothy Spall.

I can understand why some folks might not like One Day.  (The original score is pretty sappy, for one thing and Ms Hathaway and Ms Clarkson's accents are a little patchy.)  But One Day hits me in all the right spots and I loved it.  

I almost think Rafe Spall would have been better in the lead and it is Spall's performance, to me, that was the real breakthrough.  I love Rafe Spall.  I have not seen Anonymous, yet.  He is in that, too.

One Day is a lovely little comedy, definitely a "chick movie", and makes a great double feature with An Education.  (Or a triple feature with Italian for Beginners, as well!)

Mwah, ... 

There is prob no way I am going

Ms Scherfig seems to enjoy working in England these days.

To be able to get Renee to go see the movie, One Day.  She has stated flatly that she does not want to see Anne Hathaway in anything right now, much less a film wherein Anne has to do an English accent.

And Hathaway ain't exactly one of my faves, either.  But, One Day is directed by Lone Scherfig, director of Italian for Beginners and An Education (one of my all-time fave films) and is based on an English novel, has a really neat story idea, and has an all English cast (minus Hathaway, natch), incl Rafe Spall. 

And besides, I like Romantic Comedy.  So sue me.