One Day (2011)

"On a moment-by-moment basis, Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess make this long-arc love story viable, sometimes even vital. But the structural conceit proves more reductive than expansive, the big picture too overdetermined to really sweep the viewer away."

"A bittersweet love story. Due to its fragmented structure, the dramatic arc never seems satisfying enough, although Rachel Portman's beautiful score weaves a melodic rainbow through the exposition"

"Much of Nicholls’ sharp dialogue and emotional truth remains intact, but the over-faithful translation does little to compensate for what can’t be lifted from the page."

"Her (Ms. Scherfig) eccentric eye and offbeat rhythm sustain One Day through its stretches of banality and mitigate some of its flaws."

"A slushy, mawkish and weirdly humourless romance with a sub-Richard Curtis style and more endings than Lord of the Rings."

"In a season of movies dumb and dumber, One Day has style, freshness, and witty bantering dialogue."

"As so often happens with love, what you hope for is not even close to what you get, and in this case we are left with a heartbreaking disappointment of a film."

"Danish director Lone Scherfig skillfully adapts David Nicholls' best-selling romantic novel to the screen."

"It may not truly capture the complexities of its source material but One Day is funny, winning and entertaining - if little else."

"The ultimate end of the story reveals that it's all about Sturgess' suffering, which just isn't that compelling a topic. Given its lack of center and balance, the film might more appropriately be called "One Dude.""