One Perfect Day

2004

Drama

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 85% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 853 853

Plot summary

Tommy Matisse, a gifted musician, undertakes an odyssey of self-discovery and tragedy in Melbourne's dance music scene.

Director

Paul Currie Photo
Paul Currie

Top cast

Abbie Cornish Photo
Abbie Cornish as Emma Matisse
Leeanna Walsman Photo
Leeanna Walsman as Alysse Green
Dan Spielman Photo
Dan Spielman as Tommy Matisse
Andrew Howard Photo
Andrew Howard as Hector Lee
480p.BluRay
901.05 MB
720*480
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
N/A
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by leilapostgrad 6 / 10

Austin Movie Show review -- love and hate

Some moments in "One Perfect Day" are total crap, while other moments are nothing short of mini-masterpieces. Let's start with the crap. The title has nothing whatsoever to do with the movie. It doesn't take place in one day, it takes place over many days, and most of the days are pretty horrible. Then there are the cheap story-telling devises. They practically spoon-feed you the plot when the director of a famous opera company talks about the need to find a new musician who can make opera more relevant to the public today, and while he's taking, we're shown images of the young and rebellious Tommy, who hears music in everything from trains to homeless people. Cheesy! But after Tommy's sister dies of a drug overdose and he discovers the world of Australia's club and trance music scene, "One Fine Day" starts to get interesting. Yes, it's full of predictable good guys and bad drug deals, but the music is transcendental! When Tommy is spinning at an all-night beach rave and his dead girlfriend is singing while he's playing violin, the music is nothing short of ecstasy for the ear. I honestly can't decide if I love it or hate it.
Reviewed by DrBugSmith 7 / 10

I generally don't like raver movies but.....

O.K, this is no cinematic great but firstly (I know this may be hard for some mainstream Americans) but you have to compare this movie to other Australian productions. In other words firstly ignore the buckets of trash we're exposed to from our movie industry.. And compare with standout exceptions like e.g Lantana,Goddess of 1967', etc. This movie I can say did captivate me emotionally, aurally and visually. Didn't sit well with the main character sister's drug death, needed greater depth and perception in reality. I really didn't know anything about the film before I sat down (except dance music) so I was surprised by the level of dramatic elements in it.. Quite possibly "Go" dulled my radar??? A overly fun film this isn't but hey I'm proud of this particular level of achievement for an Aussie film.
Reviewed by mbenninger 7 / 10

not the greatest movie ever made, but well worth 2 hours

I saw this when I lived in Melnourne from 2002-3.We say it on opening might in Melbourne and while it is not "The Castle" or "The Dish", it's still not a bad movie, especially if you like the music and the whole rave music vibe. What it also does is prove the high quality of Aussie film-making for such a relatively small population.In fact, if they had made it a 1 hour movie with a bit of plot and all the music scenes, that would have been good enough for me to still pay to see it on the big screen. I bought the sound track and unfortunately they took some liberties on what was in the movie and what is in the soundtrack.That's really too bad as lots of the movie scenes are not on the soundtrack but in the movie and some of them are very good. I was hoping for a better sound track compared to the movie, but hey, it might be a good rental if you're into the music...
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