One Night Only Opens August 7 With Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner in Dystopian Rom-Com
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 7
One Night Only Opens August 7 With Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner in Dystopian Rom-Com
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 7
Summary
“One Night Only” opened in theaters on Aug. 7, pairing Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner as two New Yorkers repeatedly thrown together in a high-concept romantic comedy.
The film imagines a near-present-day city where premarital sex is banned except for one night each year, with a conservative U.S. government enforcing the law through biosensors as resistance persists.
Will Gluck, known for “Anyone but You” and “Easy A,” shaped the movie less like a traditional rom-com than a one-night scramble with escalating stakes, drawing on films such as “Uncut Gems,” “After Hours” and “Midnight Run.”
Barbaro, coming off an Oscar nomination for playing Joan Baez in “A Complete Unknown,” said that unusual mix felt odd but exciting, underscoring the film’s blend of romance, satire and political world-building.
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