Although the different characteristics of Dexter weren't explicitly shown in the movie, Sturgess brought them out in him perfectly. Just has high on self-confidence as he is on drugs and alcohol, he gets by on his looks – literally – he's a TV host. I wasn't very familiar with Jim Sturgess, having seen him play skinny, slightly nerdy, not as confident kids. They traded in character depth and development so we can see them in their more attractive years falling in and out of love. What we have here is a movie about a relationship, but the novel was about the people. I personally could have done with one less event in their lives, and perhaps a different ending, but they tried to be as faithful as possible. Almost everything was there, just shortened into mostly meaningless segments. But the problem with this one is that they tried to no story lines were removed. As is the nature of the two media, movies can never be exactly the same as the novel. But then again, it's a romantic drama, not a romantic comedy. As can be expected from the nature of the story, it's a little dry, lacking in comedy. "One Day", based on the novel of the same name, is the relationship of two people, Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess), as we see it on July 15th of each year.
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