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One True Thing
1998
· Movie
· 127 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Every rating
63–86
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 63, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 86.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Details
- Director
- Carl Franklin
- Writer
- Karen Croner
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Monarch Pictures, Ufland
- Released
- 18 September 1998
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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| 71st Academy Awards 1999 | Best Actress | Nominee |
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71st Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Nominee |