First, for the old fashion recipe. because, one of the basic virtue is to remind Frank Capra romantic comedies. , in same measure, the clever way to tell the story, the chemistry between George Clooney - remembering, in few scenes , Cary Grant good performances - and Michele Pfeiffer , the feeling to be one of stories from every day but in right clothes are virtues of a film who gives a realistic, seductive and smart message about duties, love, second chance and freedom, family and fight against yourself. so, a beautiful film.

I was watching this movie mainly because I love Michelle pfieffer, shes my dream woman and one of my favorite actresses. But this movie just showed messed up lives of 2 single ultra busy parents. All they did through the entire film was run around, worried all the time, hectic beyond measure, dealing with a bunch of jerks, dealing with there kids. it just was too much. there was little to no romance except at the very end but the rest of the time pfieffer and Clooney are bitter, bickering, looking the other way all the time, talking on cell phones and it just lacked any real warmth between the 2. this isn't supposed to be frankie and johnny but it seems more like the PG13 version of that movie. perhaps some parts of it were funny, the rest of it was just a reminder of why I am glad I 1. am not a single parent 2. glad I don't live in the city with all these creeps 3. don't have to deal with all these super pressures with kids attached to the hip. everyone has'em, but it just made me kinda sad that both these people are divorced and just kinda draggin these kids around with no other parent to help them out. I mean, I understand the divorce rate is high today, but I would have rather seen a story of a divorced couple getting back together then these super busy workaholic dopes who have to drag there kids along every 2 minutes. they need both a mother and a father, not just one or the other being dragged around like rag dolls everywhere they go. Dad goes to work, mom stays home to raise the kids. this is ideally how it should be. not in this day and age apparently. this movie was in its own way showing the ridiculous stupid reality of today and was quite frankly depressing to witness. you don't get the feeling Clooney and pfieffers characters were going to be together very long after the credits role.

I loved this film! It captures perfectly the daily struggle of single parents coping imperfectly with the demands of raising their children. The background of a rainy springtime New York fit the mood perfectly.Melanie Parker (Michelle Pfeiffer) opens the film dejectedly sitting at her desk writing checks to pay the many pressing bills. Her ex-husband is far more involved in his own pursuits than concern for his son. I suspect that Melanie is getting little financial support from a musician who works only intermittently. The blues really hit home when you get to the late hours and the distractions of earning a living are on temporary hold. It gets really hard not to dump on the absent spouse to preserve a child's relationship to the missing parent.Jack Taylor (George Clooney) lives in a wreck of an apartment that he has no ambition to repair. He has custody of his daughter every other weekend and he is able to get back at his ex-wife by forcing her to leave her daughter in a environment that totally offends her sense of order without being so ramshackle that she can get the courts to intervene. Lots of childish bickering between the parents accompany every custody weekend. Total realism in that scene where the daughter Maggie (Mae Whitman) is dropped off.Melanie is a woman who has been forced to become much more forceful than her nature would prefer. She has enrolled her son Sammy (Alex D. Linz) in a prestigious private school rather than the far inferior public school. That schooling demands the income of a professional woman. She must function in a competitive professional environment. She cannot afford to allow sentiment to hinder her career if she is to provide for her son. But her career is balanced on a knife edge. When Sammy and Maggie miss their school's field trip, due to Jack's cavalier attitude toward the school schedule, the children wind up complicating their parent's already hectic schedule.Jack Taylor definitely has some childlike qualities that both intrigue and annoy Melanie. These traits are what doomed her marriage and she cannot afford to fall for the same irresponsible type of man. She takes a while to realize that when the chips are down, Jack can bring considerable resources to bear on a problem. Jack adores his daughter but is ill equipped to provide a suitable home environment for a girl. Deep down, he realizes he desperately needs a good wife. This awareness makes Jack resist the allure of his coworker Celia, who would enjoy getting much closer to him.It was touching to watch the two children start to bond during their enforced togetherness at the day care center. Sammy starts to look after the welfare of Maggie when it would be easy to just consider himself. Melanie starts to apply her maternal care to Maggie as well as to her son. Jack starts to take an interest in Sammy, a boy who is desperate to have a father in his life. The bond between the parents grows in large measure from their growing attachment to each other's children.The unruly behavior of the two children was very realistic. Children in broken homes often develop such problems. A divorce impacts every aspect of a child's development.The film compresses the development of the romance into a single day. That is somewhat forced and unrealistic. Otherwise, this film is spot on and a joy to watch.

One Fine Day is a lovely Romantic Comedy that avoids many of the clichés usually associated with the genre.Most RomComs stick with the formula whereby the two leads meet, argue, fall in love, part when a truth or lie is discovered, and yet they kiss and make up at the end and live happily ever after.One Fine Day breaks with that tradition somewhat, as the romance builds more realistically over the course of the movie with nothing really said or done about their feelings till the very end and the Comedy aspect is subtle and is derived mainly from the interaction of the characters rather than excessively witty dialogue or situations.Clooney and Pfeiffer have great on screen chemistry which adds to the films overall charm as they play busy working single parents who, due to missing the school bus and field trip are unexpectedly left holding their respective babies despite both having life changing business commitments throughout the day.The two meet, and due to his childlike immaturity and her control freak attitude, immediately rub each other up the wrong way, but when they are forced to rely on each other to do the babysitter routine whilst they each attend their meetings and satisfy their employers, they grow closer and closer so that by days end, their animosity has turned to friendship, to attraction and finally love.Its a shame the film contains quite a few expletives as on the whole this film would have been suitable for the whole family, a universal comedy suitable for all in the old style, like a film from the 40's or 50's. say.In fact saying that you could easily see Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in the lead roles.A great film that has aged well despite its twelve year age tag and one I heartily recommend.