"An Emotional Journey"
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In ONE TRUE THING, a Northeastern family takes a momentous emotional journey when it is forced to come face to face with the prospect of losing a loved one to cancer. The story begins with Meryl Streep playing domestic mom Kate, dressed up like Dorothy from THE WIZARD OF OZ, at a costume party for her husband’s 50th birthday. We soon learn that Kate is not physically well, stricken with cancer, and her health slides rapidly in the months to come. Kate’s husband George, played by William Hurt, enlists their daughter Ellen, played by Renee Zellweger, to take care of Kate. Ellen learns to accept her mother’s domestic lifestyle. Finally, long-hidden family secrets are revealed at Kate’s worst moment, culminating in the possibility of euthanasia.
While Streep and Hurt act solidly, Zellweger strikes a powerhouse performance. Carl Franklin’s direction gives a straightforward, no frills exposition. There are also positive Christian values in this movie including self sacrifice, prayer and hymn singing. However, this is definitely a philosophically liberal movie. All of the men are ineffective or insignificant. Plus, the ugly aspect of euthanasia is explored and would have occurred if the would-be mercy killers had enough courage to do it
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(Pa, C, LL, V, S, A, D, M) Pagan worldview of culturally Christian family dealing with dying family member, including self-sacrifice, prayer before dinner & singing “Silent Night”; 6 obscenities & 4 profanities; no violence but implied suicide; no sex but implied adultery; no nudity; smoking; drinking; and, implied corrupt boss, anger & attempted euthanasia.
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In ONE TRUE THING, a Northeastern family takes a momentous emotional journey when it is forced to come face to face with the prospect of losing a loved one to cancer. The story begins with Meryl Streep playing domestic mom Kate, dressed up like Dorothy from THE WIZARD OF OZ, at a costume party for her husband’s 50th birthday. We soon learn that Kate is not physically well, stricken with cancer, and her health slides rapidly in the months to come. Kate’s husband George, played by William Hurt, enlists their daughter Ellen, played by Renee Zellweger, to take care of Kate. Ellen learns to accept her mother’s domestic lifestyle. Finally, long-hidden family secrets are revealed at Kate’s worst moment, culminating in the possibility of euthanasia.
While Streep and Hurt act solidly, Zellweger strikes a powerhouse performance. Carl Franklin’s direction gives a straightforward, no frills exposition. There are also positive Christian values in this movie including self sacrifice, prayer and hymn singing. However, this is definitely a philosophically liberal movie. All of the men are ineffective or insignificant. Plus, the ugly aspect of euthanasia is explored and would have occurred if the would-be mercy killers had enough courage to do it.
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