Oprah Winfrey Presents Mitch Albom's for One More Day Lloyd Kramer Digital Life DVD

Oprah Winfrey Presents Mitch Albom's for One More Day
starring: Ellen Burstyn, Scott Cohen, Alice Drummond, Michael Imperioli, Samantha Mathis
directed by: Lloyd Kramer

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
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: 8250
Studio: Lionsgate
Theatrical Release Date: 2007

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FOR ONE MORE DAY (DVD MOVIE)

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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

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- For one more day
Great movie, bad casting. Pretty close to the book in events. I suggest you read the book first, then watch movie, to get vitual images. Author's other two books, where casted much better. Left me wanting to know why they picked this actor as the main character? Still, anything related to Mitch Albom is exception and true. Worth watching.Every adult child should read and watch this movie. Highlights a mother's selflessness love for her children.

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- 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 see Chick as a young ball player in the minor leagues and on the Mets, you should get a decent laugh. He looks absolutely ridiculous. The baseball scenes are some of the worst I have ever seen; so bad in fact its funny.

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- 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 too predictable. There should have been more concise editing. On this DVD I found the sound to be very poor. In the scenes with the mother I had to turn my HD TV volume almost too max. What could have been a great film never quite makes it past first base and unfortunately strikes out.

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- 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!

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