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One Fine Day

One Fine Day

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 20, 1996

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Romance, Comedy

User Score

64%

Original Title

One Fine Day

Production Companies

Fox 2000 Pictures, Via Rosa Productions, 20th Century Fox

Director

Michael Hoffman

Revenue

$97,529,550

Description

Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a result, both children miss their school field trip and are stuck with the parents. The two adults project their negative stereotypes of ex-spouses on each other, but end up needing to rely on each other to watch the children as each must save his job. Humor is added by Sammy's propensity for lodging objects in his nose and Maggie's tendency to wander.