One Fine Day

One Fine Day (1996) is Michael Hoffman's romantic comedy, ready to watch online on iFILM. Two single parents miss the school boat trip, get stuck with their kids, and watch a tightly planned day fall apart by the hour.

Architect Melanie Parker (Michelle Pfeiffer) is raising her son Sammy alone and has to present a model that could land a major contract. Newspaper columnist Jack Taylor (George Clooney) has his daughter Maggie for the weekend and a press conference he cannot miss without losing his job. When the children are left behind, two strangers who annoy each other on sight end up trading off childcare, deadlines, and phone calls all over Manhattan. Lost shoes, a cab they keep losing, a marker lodged up a kid's nose — small domestic disasters stacking up one after another.

Hoffman plays it as an old-school screwball comedy, and it lives or dies on the Pfeiffer-Clooney pairing: their sparring and slow thaw are the whole movie. The song "For the First Time" earned an Oscar nomination. It's a light, charming watch about a big city and tiny catastrophes, perfect for a cozy night in. Stream One Fine Day (1996) online on iFILM.