The Buckingham

One Day directed by Lone Scherfig came out this past weekend and made out pretty well in my book. It is a lighthearted romantic comedy with a touch of drama and a bad attempt at a particular English accent.  While a lot of the movie seemed somewhat predictable, the romance involved with the actual story overcame any sort of typicality that I’ve already formed in my head thanks to the big catalog of romantic comedies created up until this day.  While the only real disappointment was the cliché-ness of best friends bouncing back and forth between being in love, Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess had really decent chemistry.

While Hathaway’s accent lacked a bit, her charm matched perfect with the more mature and levelheaded half of the duo.  Sturgess also did well as the opposite, lost and egotistical.  But besides the difficult aspects in life that are altering, both characters always found a way back to each other and it always centered around one specific day a year. I enjoyed the movie, with minor disappointments but nothing too damaging to the romance and general point of the story.