A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 8 nominations total
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- TriviaMeryl Streep called Bette Midler to use her songs in the movie and Midler said "of course".
- GoofsIn some birthday-party scenes, daylight is visible through some windows, and lighting on the staircase suggests daylight, although the action is supposed to be at night, and other windows show darkness outdoors.
- Quotes
Kate Gulden: It's so much easier to be happy, my love. It's so much easier to choose to love the things that you have, and you have so much, instead of always yearning for what you're missing, or what it is you're imagining you're missing. It's so much more peaceful.
- SoundtracksMy One True Friend
Written by Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster
Produced by David Foster
Performed by Bette Midler
Featured review
Streep is magical
I enjoyed this movie as much as you can, given the subject matter. Streep is completely amazing, Renee has some great moments, and Hurt does his usual preppy jerk routine. Several scenes will make you cry, but this is not the usual fatal-disease-in-the-family fare that you might expect it to be, thanks to Carl Franklin, who keeps the story fresh when stereotypes and cliches prevail.
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- Sep 15, 1998
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- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $23,245,840
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,606,455
- Sep 20, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $26,616,840
- Runtime2 hours 7 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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