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Ellen Gulden (Creator/ReneeZellweger) works as a journalist for ''New York Magazine'' and has a great boyfriend, at the request of her father George (Creator/WilliamHurt), Ellen returns home to New Jersey to care for her mother Kate (Creator/MerylStreep), Ellen soon realizes that her parents aren't what that they seem to be.
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''One True Thing'' is a 1998 drama film directed by Carl Franklin, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] the novel of the same name by Anna Quindlen.
Ellen Gulden (Creator/ReneeZellweger) works as a journalist for ''New
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* TheReveal: Two of them: [[spoiler:Kate was well aware George has been cheating on her. Also, Ellen has thought all along her father was the one who [[MercyKill had helped Kate kill herself to spare her any more suffering]], which is why she covered up for him. Near the end of the movie, she finds out her father thinks the same thing of her, and realizes her mother made her own MercyKillArrangement]].
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* TheReveal: Two of them: [[spoiler:Kate was well aware George has been cheating on her. Also, Ellen has thought all along her father was the one who [[MercyKill had helped Kate kill herself to spare her any more suffering]], which is why she covered up for him. Near the end of the movie, she finds out her father thinks the same thing of her, and realizes her mother made her own MercyKillArrangement]].MercyKillArrangement]].
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* AMinorKidroduction: The movie opens on Ellen and her brother Brian when they're 8 and 4 years old.
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* AMinorKidroduction: AdaptationalSexuality: In the novel, Brian reveals to Ellen at the end he's gay, but the movie makes no mention of this.
* AdaptationDistillation: The movieopens on gets rid of one of Ellen's brothers, cuts her friend Jules down considerably, and [[spoiler:replaces Ellen and getting tried for the MercyKill the authorities think she did for her brother Brian when they're 8 and 4 years old.mother to Ellen being interrogated by a detective about it]]. However, it's pretty faithful to the novel otherwise.
* AdaptationDistillation: The movie
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* HalloweenEpisode: Ellen and Kate attend a Halloween carnival dressed as a witch and a fortune teller, respectively.
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* TheFilmOfTheBook: The movie is based on a novel by Anna Quindlen, though it's been compressed (see AdaptationDistillation above).
* HalloweenEpisode: Ellen and Kate attend a Halloween carnival dressed as a witch and a fortune teller,respectively.respectively.
* AMinorKidroduction: The movie opens on Ellen and her brother Brian when they're 8 and 4 years old.
* TheReveal: Two of them: [[spoiler:Kate was well aware George has been cheating on her. Also, Ellen has thought all along her father was the one who [[MercyKill had helped Kate kill herself to spare her any more suffering]], which is why she covered up for him. Near the end of the movie, she finds out her father thinks the same thing of her, and realizes her mother made her own MercyKillArrangement]].
* HalloweenEpisode: Ellen and Kate attend a Halloween carnival dressed as a witch and a fortune teller,
* AMinorKidroduction: The movie opens on Ellen and her brother Brian when they're 8 and 4 years old.
* TheReveal: Two of them: [[spoiler:Kate was well aware George has been cheating on her. Also, Ellen has thought all along her father was the one who [[MercyKill had helped Kate kill herself to spare her any more suffering]], which is why she covered up for him. Near the end of the movie, she finds out her father thinks the same thing of her, and realizes her mother made her own MercyKillArrangement]].
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: George]] is implied as this to Ellen after she discovers that [[spoiler: he has slept with his younger students]].
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: George]] is implied as this to Ellen after she discovers that [[spoiler: he has slept with his younger students]].students]].
* CallingTheOldManOut: Ellen confronts her father about [[spoiler: his dalliances with his students]] and his selfish attitude towards her [[spoiler: dying]] mother.
* ChristmasEpisode: One scene takes place shortly before Christmas.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Ellen confronts her father about [[spoiler: his dalliances with his students]] and his selfish attitude towards her [[spoiler: dying]] mother.
* ChristmasEpisode: One scene takes place shortly before Christmas.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily[=/=]DysfunctionalFamily: The Guldens in spades, for starters Ellen's father George [[spoiler: is sleeping with his female students]], her mother Kate [[spoiler: is suffering from terminal cancer]] and her younger brother Brian [[spoiler: is flunking out of college]].
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* BigScrewedUpFamily[=/=]DysfunctionalFamily: The Guldens in spades, for starters Ellen's father George [[spoiler: is sleeping has affairs with his female students]], her mother Kate [[spoiler: is suffering from terminal cancer]] and her younger brother Brian [[spoiler: is flunking out of college]].college]].
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: George]] is implied as this to Ellen after she discovers that [[spoiler: he has slept with his younger students]].
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: George]] is implied as this to Ellen after she discovers that [[spoiler: he has slept with his younger students]].
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: BigScrewedUpFamily[=/=]DysfunctionalFamily: The Guldens in spades, for starters Ellen's father George [[spoiler: is sleeping with his female students]], her mother Kate [[spoiler: is suffering from terminal cancer]] and her younger brother Brian [[spoiler: is flunking out of college]].
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Goulds Guldens in spades, for starters Ellen's father George [[spoiler: is sleeping with his female students]], her mother Kate [[spoiler: is suffering from terminal cancer]] and her older younger brother Brian [[spoiler: is flunking out of college]].
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Ellen Gulden (Creator/ReneeZellweger) works as a journalist for ''New York Magazine'' and has a great boyfriend, at the request of her father George (Creator/WilliamHurt), Ellen returns home to New Jersey to care for her cancer-stricken mother Kate (Creator/MerylStreep)
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* BigApplesauce: Most of the film is set in New York City where Ellen works.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Goulds in spades, for starters Ellen's father George [[spoiler: is sleeping with his female students]], her mother Kate [[spoiler: is suffering from terminal cancer]] and her older Brian [[spoiler: is flunking out of college]].
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* BigApplesauce: Most of the film is set in New York City where Ellen works.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Goulds in spades, for starters Ellen's father George [[spoiler: is sleeping with his female students]], her mother Kate [[spoiler: is suffering from terminal cancer]] and her older Brian [[spoiler: is flunking out of college]].
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Ellen Gulden (Creator/ReneeZellweger) works as a journalist for ''New York Magazine'' and has a great boyfriend, at the request of her father George (Creator/WilliamHurt), Ellen returns home to New Jersey to care for her cancer-stricken mother Kate (Creator/MerylStreep)(Creator/MerylStreep)
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Ellen Gulden (Creator/ReneeZellweger) works as a journalist for ''New York Magazine'' and has a great boyfriend, at the request of her father George Ellen returns home to New Jersey to care for her cancer-stricken mother Kate (Creator/MerylStreep)
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Ellen Gulden (Creator/ReneeZellweger) works as a journalist for ''New York Magazine'' and has a great boyfriend, at the request of her father George Ellen returns home to New Jersey to care for her cancer-stricken mother Kate (Creator/MerylStreep)
