Even without money problems, many divorced single parents have a hard row to hoe. At the drop of a hat, a competent, responsible professional person can be reduced to a frazzled, bumbling parent, when his or her children become unexpected daytime wards. This is what happens to Jack Taylor (George ...more
MPAA Rating: PG | Year: 1996 | Running Time: 108 minutes
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$8.99ONE FINE DAY (1996) / (P&S WS SEN)
An overdose of vanilla storytelling threatens to sink this lightweight romantic comedy but two likable leads with palpable chemistry work overtime to sell their parts and rescue the affair from total destruction. The device of using toddlers to bring a pair of harried, overworked parents together is just a little too precious and formulaic, the film overdosing on programmed sugary sweetness. Having the protagonists accidentally swap cell phones is a fine and inventive modern-day device; the ...more
- Michelle Pfeiffer - Melanie Parker
- George Clooney - Jack Taylor
- Mae Whitman - Maggie Taylor
- Alex D. Linz - Sammy Parker
- Charles Durning - Lew
- Robert Klein - Dr. Martin
- Joe Grifasi - Manny Feldstein
- Bitty Schram - Marla
- Rachel York - Liza
- Holland Taylor - Rita
- Amanda Peet - Celia
- Gregory Jbara - Metro Reporter
- Michael Massee - Eddie
- Anna Maria Horsford - Evelyn
- Michael Hoffman - Director
- Michelle Pfeiffer - Executive Producer
- Kate Guinzburg - Executive Producer
- Lynda Obst - Producer
- Terrel Seltzer - Screenwriter
- Ellen Simon - Screenwriter
- John Warnke - Art Director
- Lora Kennedy - Casting
- Mary McLaglen - Co-producer
- Susie de Santo - Costume Designer
- Stephen P. Dunn - First Assistant Director
- Garth Craven - Editor
- Peter Afterman - Musical Direction/Supervision
- James Newton Howard - Songwriter













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