My One and Only (2009)

To me, this movie is perfection.

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

In Auntie Mame, the theme of which bears some similarity to this movie, a woman who has been used to living the good life suddenly finds herself destitute. She and her nephew Patrick (Patrick Dennis who wrote the story) try to cope through a series of amusing situations as Mame hopes to land a wealthy, loving husband. At one point she tries her hand at working as a salesclerk in a department store with disastrous results.In My One and Only, Anne, who is used to living the good life decides to leave her husband, taking with her limited funds, some jewelry and her two sons, including son George (who supposedly authored the story as a biographical sketch). They head west in a new Cadillac and attempt to cope with a series of not amusing, somewhat absurd situations as she tries to land a husband to support them, evincing little interest in how loving or suitable the men she meets might be as husbands or fathers to her sons and, apparently??, without ever divorcing the husband she left behind. At one point she tries her hand at working as a waitress and picking up random men in a bar with disastrous results. Rosalind Russell, and later Lucille Ball, played Mame, both turning in great performances with a lot of spirit and humor. Renée Zellweger appeared to drag herself through this movie in what can only be described as a flat, unenthusiastic performance. All she did was pucker her lips and squint, whenever anyone told her she was beautiful, which happened every few minutes. All the men she met along the way were flawed in some major, often sinister way. As another reviewer said, every significant older male in the story was presented in a negative way.Since the story was supposedly biographical, I guess what happened must have been at least partially based on reality, but a good deal of it was pretty far-fetched. Once they reach Hollywood they find themselves as extras on a movie set. Anne hurts her foot in one scene, the producer rushes over and based on that he agrees to give her second son a chance to play a lead role in another movie although he possesses no talent or meaningful experience. George intervenes and the rest, as they say, is history, the details of which would require a spoiler alert … although as a hint, things took a turn not dissimilar from events in another great Rosalind Russell movie, Gypsy,as Baby June cedes her place to her sister.Logan Lerman and Kevin Bacon turned in decent performances. The Cadillac was quite nice. Renée Zellweger limped through her role and the rest of the cast phoned it in. The screen play of the biography was illogical, lacked any depth, full of holes, neither amusing nor dramatic, and torturous. A waste of time.

or sort of a true story. The movie doesn't tell you in the beginning that it is based on a real person, but at the end of the film we learn one of the characters is a real person whom became an actor. The movie has funny and dramatic parts.It's about a wife, Anne Deveraux, whom is tired of her cheating husband. So she takes her two teen sons and they go on a road trip. She goes to Boston, Pittsburg, ST. Louis, in search of a new husband. She runs into some old flames, but none of them are really interested in a middle aged woman with two kids. She finally goes to Los Angles, where at the end of the film, one of her kids becomes an actor. He changes his last name to Hamilton and becomes known as George Hamilton.FINAL VERDICT: OK, worth checking out on cable.

Here's a story of a lovely lady, with two boys, and both of them were special, just like their mother.Such is the premise of this 1950s film, which chronicles the beginning of actor George Hamilton and his eccentric yet elegant mother, portrayed by Renee Zellweger. After she leaves their band leader father portrayed by Kevin Bacon, she goes searching for ex-beaus in search of a new father for her boys. The possibilities are Troy Garity (Jane Fonda's son), Eric McCormack, Steven Weber, Chris Noth and maybe a few others.At first, I didn't quite know what to think of it. But, as they travel together in the quest for "The Perfect Father and Husband," everything seemed to fall into place. The lead characters were fascinating to watch, helped by some excellent acting by the boys, and Renee's determination made her a force to be reckoned with. During their travels, they go to see her sister as a last resort. The interactions and jealousies between them are so real, I'm still thinking about it.The only critique of mine is Kevin Bacon, who seemed a bit weak in his role, but maybe that was what the director wanted.With great use of time and place, this film needs to seen and appreciated more, especially by those who like 1950s-era movies. A pure joy! Obviously a labor of love for executive producer George Hamilton and obviously a tribute to his mother who was quite a lady!

In the Genre it clearly says: Comedy, with all the letters. This is not a comedy. If this is a comedy, then i'm a skyscraper! This is a drama, a decent one, but i was going for a Comedy not a drama... I think that is bad for the producers or whoever is in charge to call this a comedy when in fact, is very far from that. As for the film itself, i kinda liked it. It tells a life story of a strong women and her growing children, as she tries to ensure their future as she separates from her cheating husband. In the way, they go through many trials which they try to overcome, as they grow stronger and more united as family. And i'm sorry to keep saying this, but not once during the film i laughed, cause it's NOT a COMEDY, which annoys me...