One True Thing

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One True Thing
DVD cover of One True Thing
Directed by	Carl Franklin
Written by	Karen Croner
Starring	Meryl Streep Renée Zellweger William Hurt Tom Everett Scott Lauren Graham Nicky Katt Diana Canova
Music by	Cliff Eidelman
Distributed by	Universal Studios
Release date(s)	September 18, 1998
Country	United States
Language	English
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For the American Rock Music band from Long Island, New York, see One True Thing (band).

One True Thing is a 1998 American drama film directed by Carl Franklin. It tells the story of a woman who is forced to put her life on hold in order to care for her mother who is dying of cancer. It was adapted by Karen Croner from the novel by Anna Quindlen. It was directed by Carl Franklin. The movie stars Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham and Nicky Katt. Bette Midler sings the lead song, "One True Friend", over the end credits.

Streep was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film, and her performance drew reviews from numerous critics, notably Mick LaSalle in the San Francisco Chronicle, who declared, "After 'One True Thing', critics who persist in the fiction that Streep is a cold and technical actress will need to get their heads examined. She is so instinctive and natural - so thoroughly in the moment and operating on flights on inspiration - that she's able to give us a woman who's at once wildly idiosyncratic and utterly believeable." Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan noted that Streep's role "is one of the least self-consciously dramatic and surface showy of her career, but Streep adds a level of honesty and reality that makes [her performance] one of her most moving."

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One True Thing was released on DVD on 1998/1999 as Widescreen and Fullscreen one-disc versions, with a handful of bonus features that includes a different ending from the film making it one of the first DVDs to come out as an Unrated version. The Director's Cut of the film was released in a 2 Disc Special Edition DVD on April 4, 2000, with more bonus content than the one-disc set, which includes extra commentary with Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep. The set also contains 4 different endings.