One True Thing

One True Thing

★ 6.5IMDb Score
Released:1998-09-18
Duration:127 min
Director:Carl Franklin
Actors:Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham
Production:Universal Pictures, Monarch Pictures, Ufland

Overview:

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

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