My One and Only (2009)

A mother and her two sons embark on a desperate road trip across the United States to find a new life after she leaves her bandleader husband.

First release year

2009

Runtime (minutes)

108

Production countries

United States

Original languages

English

Directors

Richard Loncraine

Writers

Charlie Peters · writer

Cast and characters

Renée Zellweger · Anne Deveraux; Logan Lerman · George; Mark Rendall; Eric McCormack; Chris Noth; Nick Stahl; Steven Weber; Kevin Bacon

Genres

comedy-drama

Themes

Family dynamics; Independence; Mother-son relationships; Road trip

Tone and mood

Breezy; Colorful; Period

Setting

United States, 1953

Premise and plot tags

Road movie; Comedy-drama; Family drama

Source material / true-story basis

Loosely based on a story about George Hamilton's early life on the road with his mother and brother, featuring anecdotes told to producer Robert Kosberg and Merv Griffin.

Reception

The film received generally favorable reviews, described as a breezy and colorful period road movie. It holds a 69% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 62/100 score on Metacritic.

Reported review scores

Rotten Tomatoes · score: 69% · review count: 71; Metacritic · score: 62 · scale: 100 · review count: 22

Production trivia

The film features an azure blue 1953 Cadillac Eldorado as the 'hero car'.

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