One Day is a film directed by Lone Scherfig. It was adapted by David Nicholls from his 2009 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. Focus Features, which holds worldwide distribution rights (excluding UK free-TV, which is to be held by Film4), released the film theatrically in August 2011 "One Day" is a film based on the David Nicholls best-seller about a boy and girl (Emma and Dexter) who graduate from the University of Edinburgh on July 15, 1988, and spend the night together. The story follows them by dropping in on July 15th of their lives every year for 20 years. The film is a co-production between Random House Films and Focus Features. Film4 Productions is co-financing.[2] Actress Anne Hathaway said she was clandestinely given the script as the film was set in the United Kingdom and director Scherfig wasn\'t looking for any American actresses for the part. Hathaway flew to London for a meeting with Scherfig to explain why she should get the part. Hathaway later said it was "the worst meeting of my life... I was just inarticulate", but on leaving Hathaway wrote out a list of songs for Scherfig to listen, saying, "I clearly didn\'t communicate to you what I needed to today. But I think these songs can do it for me." Scherfig did listen to them, which led to Hathaway getting the part.[5] Principal photography commenced in July 2010. Filming took place on location in Scotland, England and France.[2] The production filmed in Edinburgh, the city where Dexter and Emma first meet, in August 2010.[6] Various landmark locations, including Arthur\'s Seat, were used.[7] Production then moved to London. Parliament Hill Lido in north London was used for scenes in which Emma, of varying ages, swims.[8] Filming took place inside a house in Granville Road in Stroud Green for scenes involving Jim Sturgess and Romola Garai.[9] Filming in France took place in Dinard, a town close by to St. Malo, in the Brittany region. A seaside club was turned into the Cafe Paradis, designed to ape Greek themes. One Day has received mixed reviews from critics. The film has a 37% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus stating "Though it\'s nicely acted and benefits from some fresh narrative twists, One Day lacks the emotion, depth, or insight of its bestselling source material."[11] CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was a "B-minus" on an A+ to F scale.[12] Betsey Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times called it a "heartbreaking disappointment of a film"[13] while Peter Howell of the Toronto Star said "Long before the credits roll, you may find yourself wishing your life could flash before your eyes, to end the monotony of this relentless turning of calendar pages."[14] In contrast, Roger Ebert said "One Day has style, freshness, and witty bantering dialogue."[15] Anne Hathaway\'s Yorkshire accent in the role of Emma has been widely regarded as subpar. Newspaper columnist Suzanne Moore, reviewing the film on BBC Radio 4\'s Front Row, said the accents were "all over the shop". Moore went on to say, "Sometimes she\'s from Scotland, sometimes she\'s from New York, you just can\'t tell".

Releshed Date  19 - August - 2011