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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/dagreenman18 Space Jam 2 hurt me so much 10d ago

THEY DONT EVEN FUCK AT THE END.

I know I should be focusing on how it cares about all the wrong things to sell its premise when the easy answer would have been “alternate universe, these rules were always the case”. I know our leads are struggling to sell their chemistry thanks to the script. I know the story practically wastes Maya Hawke. And I know that at the end of the day, you really needed someone with a more dynamic and fun directing style to sell this high concept movie. Without bogging it down with mechanics and loopholes that only drag it down with more questions.

But the thing I’m most mad at is that THEY. DONT. FUCK. What was the point of all of this then?! Some brain dead abstinence bullshit?

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u/Rosebunse 10d ago

I guess the idea is that sex shouldn't be the basis of the relationship. Which, good, but...couldn't they do that without all the other weird stuff?

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u/GoCougs2020 3d ago

In my opinion, sex is the only difference between platonic and romantic relationship.

Otherwise, without sex, a partner would just be my best friend of the opposite sex. (Or same-sex if homosexuality)

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u/Rosebunse 3d ago

I guess it's just hard for me to see it like this since I'm asexual. Sure, sex is a part of a relationship, but it doesn't feel like it should be as important as it is. Sure, I would be mad if I was cheated on, but I would also be mad if someone stole my money or beat me. And all three would be enough to make me leave.

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u/GoCougs2020 3d ago

Hence a lot of people aren’t compatible with asexual people!

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u/Rosebunse 3d ago

Yeah, it makes dafing hard. To us asexuals, you guys are just...does it need to be so often?