one true thing put zellweger in the midst of a family crisis a an adult journalist who return home to care for her die mother ( streep ) . somber and plodding and the film study the adult child come to term with the adult view of her parent a they be slowly reveal to be something less than the ideal she grow up know a a child . an excellent character study and a find production with little to fault and ott offer three fine performance by a trio of top actor and some plaintive reflection on life and death .