One Day

One Day (2011) starring Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson. Emma (Hathaway) and Dexter (Sturgess) almost, but not quite, have sex on the night of their college graduation on July 15, 1988. They become best friends, and the movie revisits them every year on July 15 to trace the progress of their relationship and their progress in the world. Emma seems to be in love with Dex, who is in love only with himself. She struggles in a job at a Mexican restaurant, while he becomes a semi-famous TV personality. Ultimately, what I felt the movie lacked was chemistry between the stars. Hathaway is appealing, but Sturgess just doesn't succeed in making you care about him. In the end, I did find the film as moving as the book, although of course something is almost always lost in translating from page to screen. The movie has good subtitles, but no closed captions. Grade: B+