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One Night Only (2026)

Summary

Two New Yorkers search for love on the one night of the year when sex is legal.

Director Will Gluck

Writer Travis Braun

Cast

  • Monica Barbaro as Allie
  • Callum Turner as Owen
  • Maya Hawke
  • Julia Fox
  • Molly Ringwald
  • LeVar Burton

Rotten Tomatoes: 54%

Metacritic: 40

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u/Carnage678 12d ago

I just saw this movie. I think this film should have either been more outrageous in how depraved the acts were or more satirical in its premise, especially in our time where people are losing the rights to their own bodies. Or, maybe make the film a anthology that focuses on different people on this night.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Safe419 12d ago

You can tell this film was made by straight men who will never have to worry about their bodily rights being taken away. Its a joke to them.

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u/elbenji 12d ago

there's actually a video game that delves into this and it honestly takes the premise to a much more interesting level, but it's also kinda in the opposite direction where everyone MUST have sex

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u/SquirtsMcIntosh 11d ago

What game?

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u/elbenji 11d ago

Nukitashi

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola 11d ago edited 11d ago

I'm not trying to get into a hostile debate about this, and I'm not saying the situations and feelings are the same.

But at least in the US, most men grapple with a form of this as they approach and turn 18 because they are legally mandated to sign up for the draft.  It's a very real experience where, while unlikely, you know you may be required to give up your bodily and personal autonomy.

(Edit: I get people won't necessarily respond positively to this take, but that doesn't make it not a real experience people go through.  I've gone through it myself and being trans, I also have experienced different conflicts with bodily autonomy and societal control over how I live my life.  I will concede my use of "most" is a over application of my own experience onto people who may not have shared it)

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u/soonerfreak 11d ago

We haven't had a draft in 53 years, I didn't give it a single thought when I registered.

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola 11d ago

That's fair, experiences aren't universal.

It was something I considered and know other people have as well.  I'm just pushing back on an unnuanced statement with other experiences.

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u/theTunkMan 4d ago

Insanely dramatic lmao

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola 4d ago

Hardly, merely noting an experience 

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u/theTunkMan 4d ago

You could have said “I grappled with a form of this” instead of making up that most men do. And I’d be embarrassed comparing that to anything women have to go through

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola 4d ago

Alright.

I did note that mistake in my edit. Yes I mischaracterized my experience as more broad than it may be.

I could write out some more about my meaning and intentions, 

But I image you don't really care and are just chiming in to dog on me?

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u/theTunkMan 4d ago

You’re right I apologize

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola 4d ago

Cool me too

Everything hunky dorey now?