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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0031398232735
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Lionsgate
Manufacturer: Lionsgate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lionsgate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 06, 2008
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 3697
Studio: Lionsgate
Theatrical Release Date: December 09, 2007
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
FOR ONE MORE DAY (DVD MOVIE)
Amazon.com:
For One More Day revolves around reunions: producer Oprah Winfrey with author Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie) and actors Michael Imperioli with Ellen Burstyn (The Five People You Meet in Heaven). Mostly, it reunites a son with his mother. In this smaller-scale follow-up, alcoholic ex-baseball player Charles 'Chick' Benetto (Imperioli) relates his story to a writer (Emily Wickersham, Imperioli's Sopranos co-star). Nine years before, he attempted suicide after his estranged wife, Catherine (Cara Seymour), neglected to invite him to their daughter's wedding. Delirious after an auto accident, he wishes he could've spent one more day with his late mother. A visit to their old house brings back childhood memories (Imperioli's son, Vadim, plays Benetto as a boy). The next thing he knows, Posey (Burstyn) appears before him, looking just as she did the last time he saw her. Benetto wonders if she's a ghost or a delusion. While they reminisce, the narrative shuffles between the three time periods (Samantha Mathis plays the young Posey). Benetto remembers the way his mother doted and his father, Len (Scott Cohen), dispensed the discipline. He also recalls turning against Posey when their marriage went south. Loosely inspired by It's a Wonderful Life and originally broadcast during the holiday season, Albom's adaptation argues that it's never too late to change and that no one ever really knows their parents. The multi-layered structure confuses as first, but For One More Day makes perfect sense by the end, and Imperioli and Burstyn create a convincing mother-son relationship. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Predictable
If you like movies where you read the back cover and can almost predict the entire screenplay, this one is for you. It is NOT a challenging film. Its a shame, because the premise of spending one more day with a deceased loved one is a potentially rich theme. However, this film makes no attempt to be anything more than entertainment suited for the lifetime channel. The attempts to tug on the heart strings are way too blatant and cheesy.
There is one positive note, however. When you ... Read More
Rating: - I really wanted to like this but...
I was really excited about watching this DVD because I never remember it being on television. It suffers the same fate that "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" did. It just too boring and slow. I love, I mean love, Ellen Burstyn and her performance was good. Yet the film moves too slowly. I love the theme of the film so much. O' my God just imagine getting one more day with your loved one. That's my favorite part of the film. The flash backs are too long and it causes the film too drag and it becomes ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent!!
Mitch Albom is a great author! For One More Day was the first book that I read out of his top three best sellers. I kind of went backwards in reading them as they came out. After reading the book the first time, i knew i had to read it to my mother for the second time. Both of us were so moved by such great stories Mr. Albom produces. I had the opportunity to watch the movie when it aired on TV, my mother did not. I just purchased the movie and we will watch it together soon. I am so excited!
Rating: - Compassion, forgiveness, understanding, redemption
This movie is a small gem. Ellen Burstyn and Michael Imperioli have great rapport, believable as mother and son. A drunk ex-ball player about to end his life gets one last day to spend with his mother, who is deceased. The story blurs the line between life and death, and shows how we all hurt those we love, despite our best intentions. This story demonstrates how children must all one day accept their parents, and themselves, as flawed human beings, just trying to do the best they can with the tools ... Read More
Rating: - A Cut Above Other TV Movies
Scenes of a man's life play out in many flashbacks, capturing crucial moments that help explain why he is the way he is today. You're probably well aware that this movie involves a mother-son relationship, but it also just as importantly covers father-son and father-daughter.
If you are an adult, it has the potential to break your heart, and/or inspire you to treat the people in your life better, including treating yourself better. Or it might just make you feel uncomfortable.
Because ... Read More
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