One Night Only Lands 2 Stars as Barbaro, Turner Lift Gluck's 102-Minute Rom-Com
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Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 5
One Night Only Lands 2 Stars as Barbaro, Turner Lift Gluck's 102-Minute Rom-Com
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 5
Summary
Two stars out of four went to “One Night Only,” with the review calling the film a tease that never fully exploits its dystopian hook of legal premarital sex for just 12 hours a year.
Will Gluck’s movie is judged too tame for either sharp satire or raunchy comedy, sidestepping questions raised by its government-mandate premise and settling into a comparatively chaste New York romance.
Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner are the main reason it remains watchable, with Barbaro singled out as especially strong in a lead role as the pair’s romantics wander through nightclub mishaps and condom shortages.
The 102-minute Universal release opens in theaters Thursday with an R rating for sexual material, language and brief nudity, arriving amid split critical takes on whether its high-concept setup delivers.