Let's talk about sex — yes, seriously.It's kind of important for this review. We live in a time when fewer people are getting married and more people — particularly Gen Zers — aren't having sex, which is why it's interesting that a movie like "One Night Only" is being released now.In an alternative America, Congress passed a law banning premarital sex except for one night only (get it?) every year.
Think "The Purge," but with casual sex instead of committing heinous crimes.The crackdown is quite serious; everyone has a sensor on their wrists so that the police can track and arrest anyone who attempts hanky-panky while unwed during the rest of the year.All the singletons in New York City treat the sex ban carve-out like a holiday; people take off work early, there are parties everywhere, there's even a New Year's-esque countdown to kick it off.
You'll find couples making out at every street corner or bar, or spot them getting it on through the window.The aspiring lovers have just 12 hours to get it on and, if they're lucky, find their soulmate.‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’ REVIEW: TOM HOLLAND, ZENDAYA RETURN FOR ACTION-PACKED, EMOTIONAL SEQUEL(Far right) Monica Barbaro as Allie in "One Night Only," directed by Will Gluck.
(Nicole Rivelli/Universal Pictures)Pizzeria owner Owen (Callum Turner) was hoping to have a romantic evening with his longterm girlfriend (Maya Hawke of "Stranger Things" fame) — until she dropped a bomb that she wants to try sleeping with one of their neighbors.His "one night only" was ruined before it could even begin.Meanwhile, an aspiring singer, Allie (Monica Barbaro), was supposed to go out with a friend until she ditched her for a guy seemingly within minutes of going to a bar.
Now she's forced to navigate the night on her own.Obviously, we know what happens next.They have a chance encounter, they go their separate ways, their adventurous evenings repeatedly bring them back together, hijinks and hilarity ensue, yada yada yada....