The series wears its sincerity on its sleeve and, mostly, pulls it off.
How does friendship shape a life?
And how does life shape a friendship?
Things haven’t gone anywhere romantically, but they’ve kept their word and stayed in touch.
The series looks at the process of growing up and wonders: is anyone really happy?
Well, yes and no.
It’s subtle and artfully swerves descending into gimmicks.
Woodall’s performance, however, pays off in the long term.
The direction is tender, the camera soft on Emma and Dexter’s bodies during moments of intimacy.
And there’s no shortage of difficult moments, particularly in later episodes.
When you’re free to’t go on, how do you go on?
When you’ve got the option to’t go on, you still do, somehow.
This point is hammered home in a tear-jerker ending that teeters on a knife edge of sentimentality.
At this point, though, we’re invested in Dexter and Emma.
Life shapes our relationships with people but, more than anything, these relationships shape our lives.
All episodes of One Day are streaming on Netflix from February 8.
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