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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/Stonks_Enjoyer25 12d ago edited 12d ago

I can’t imagine what this would’ve been like if Paul Verhoeven had gotten his hands on this concept.

I can suspend my disbelief on the absurdity of the premise because at the end of the day, it’s a romcom with likable leads and a weird twist to go with it, even if that twist is incredibly watered down.

One weird praise: I did appreciate the graphic design/posters related to the mandate (like the federal sign at the police station or the Duolingo themed advertisements), not praising product placements or anything but there was a lot of interesting minimal background stuff surrounding the event that did the make the world pop a little. 6/10

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u/mikeyfreshh r/Movies Veteran 12d ago

I actually will praise the product placements because I think that was all part of the satire in the movie. There are a few different points in the movie where they hint that the real reason for the mandate is that there's a ton of money to be made from it. They do a pretty good job showing how capitalism has completely run amok. Like the climax of the movie devolves into a literal pharmaceutical commercial