One Night Only

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Academy Award® nominee Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown, Top Gun: Maverick) and BAFTA nominee Callum Turner (Masters of the Air, Fantastic Beasts franchise) star as Allie and Owen, two love-starved strangers who crash into each other in an ever-so-slightly fictionalized New York City on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex. Recently dumped Owen and hopeful romantic Allie might be the only two singles in the city looking for more than just a quick encounter. They both feel a spark when they meet, but a series of missteps and side quests complicate their night, keeping them apart. As they each race toward and away from each other across the city, they just might discover that the one thing they want most is closer than they think.

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Hampered by a high-concept premise that's full of red flags, One Night Only has charming moments thanks to its appealing stars but keeps killing the mood with world-building that prompts more questions than the script is willing to answer.

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Linda Holmes

Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast)

1d

I am not against a high-concept romcom. ... But to me, this movie did not need its high concept at all and doesn't do anything with it at all.

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Perri Nemiroff

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2.5/5

Monica Barbaro & Callum Turner shine, but a surface-level exploration of this concept just doesn't sit right.

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Alison Foreman

IndieWire

2d

C-

Building an entire romance around that premise demands considerably more compassion and intellectual ambition than Gluck offers Braun’s material. That’s a shame for everyone involved, audiences especially.

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Margot Harrison

Seven Days (VT)

1h

4/10

Let’s just say it: “The Purge but for sex” is a terrible idea for a rom-com. Nothing kills a flirty buzz like a fascist regime that removes citizens’ bodily autonomy.

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Jim Schembri

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4h

3/5

Boasting lots of salty language and a surprisingly sweet ending, this likeable love lark seems on its surface to be a raunchy comedy, yet what makes it satisfying is what bubbles beneath the facades of the two gorgeous leads.

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Rick Bentley

KGET-TV (Bakersfield, CA)

1d

B

Turner doesn’t hurt the project, but he only fully embraces the loveable parts of his character until it is late in the film. The fact it happens makes the romantic comedy work, but his role is nowhere as pivotal as that played by Barbaro.

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rob p

55m

Horrible movie. Might be the dumbest topic ever. We left early because we couldn’t stand it.

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Stephanie M

3h

Funny and crazy, to even think this could happen, for our government to try and control us from having premarital sex. I recommend to see the movie, it has a cute romantic plot as well

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christine i

7h

Super cute! Lots of laughs!

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VR

9h

absolutely intolerable waste of talent

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Christine G

12h

Loved this movie. Entertaining, different story line & good actors.

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Amy Z

13h

Super cute, the leads had good chemistry, a great cast of supporting comedic roles, and they didn't give the whole movie away with the trailer.

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Synopsis

Academy Award® nominee Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown, Top Gun: Maverick) and BAFTA nominee Callum Turner (Masters of the Air, Fantastic Beasts franchise) star as Allie and Owen, two love-starved strangers who crash into each other in an ever-so-slightly fictionalized New York City on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex. Recently dumped Owen and hopeful romantic Allie might be the only two singles in the city looking for more than just a quick encounter. They both feel a spark when they meet, but a series of missteps and side quests complicate their night, keeping them apart. As they each race toward and away from each other across the city, they just might discover that the one thing they want most is closer than they think.

Director: Will Gluck
Producer: Will Gluck, Jacqueline Monetta
Screenwriter: Travis Braun
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Olive Bridge Entertainment
Rating: R (Sexual Material|Language|Brief Nudity)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 7, 2026, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.5M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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