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One True Thing

Love What You Have.

19982h 7m6.5(138 votes)

DramaRomance

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A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

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Director

Carl Franklin

Cast

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Kate Gulden

Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

Ellen Gulden

William Hurt

William Hurt

George Gulden

Tom Everett Scott

Tom Everett Scott

Brian Gulden

Lauren Graham

Lauren Graham

Jules

Nicky Katt

Nicky Katt

Jordan Belzer

James Eckhouse

James Eckhouse

District Attorney

Patrick Breen

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