"One True Thing"

Somehow I really like this film, so much so I have watched it 7-8 times and still want to see it again. Its about a college prof, George Gullen (John Hurt), who is adored by his daughter Ellen (Rene Zellweger) and his wife Kate (Meryl Streep). Kate comes down with cancer and she is the key to the story. She is the "one true thing," the person whose "light brings out the life in everything around her, including me" or so said George when he first met her. the story is told from POV of flashback, ellen is being interviewed by the district attorney because someone gave the mom an overdose of pain killer. Its a great story, i wish I wrote it (yeah right) but I have never understood why I like it so much. the mom has this buddha like quality, she understands the shortcomings of everyone around her, but somehow holds the whole family, including her husband, together. She really does bring out the life in everyone around her. As kate says, It's so much easier to be happy. It's so much easier to choose to love the things that you have, instead of always yearning for what you're missing, or what it is that you're imagining you're missing. It is so much more peaceful.