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Movie ID: 841
RT slug: one_night_only_2026
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/one_night_only_2026
Release year: 2026
Runtime: —
Wide release date: 2026-08-07
Limited release date: —
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Genres: Comedy, Romance
Directors: Will Gluck
Writers: Travis Braun
Producers: Jacqueline Monetta, Will Gluck
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-07-14 17:55:01
Updated: 2026-09-18 16:53:46
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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Canonical reviews: 205
Canonical fresh: 91
Canonical rotten: 114
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 205 (91/114), 44% (44.390% raw)
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-10-20 13:22:00
Snapshot Tomatometer: 44%
Snapshot review count: 204
Snapshot fresh count: —
Snapshot rotten count: —
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #4732 (delta_update)
| Company | Role |
|---|---|
| Universal Pictures | distributor |
| Billing | Name | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monica Barbaro | Actor |
| 2 | Callum Turner | Actor |
| 3 | Maya Hawke | Actor |
| 4 | Julia Fox | Actor |
| 5 | King Princess | Actor |
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| 857 | processed | — | 2026-07-14 17:55:01 | Processed successfully into movie_id=841 using update_mode=merge_non_empty. |
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| 4732 | 2026-10-20 08:22:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-20 13:22:00 | 44% | 204 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=1, rotten=1, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=1, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=205 reviews, 91 fresh, 114 rotten, tomatometer=44% (44.390%). WARNING: entered headline 204 reviews / 44% did not match current canonical totals 205 reviews / 44%. |
| 4333 | 2026-10-04 08:48:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-04 13:48:21 | 44% | 203 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=203 reviews, 90 fresh, 113 rotten, tomatometer=44% (44.335%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (203 reviews, 44%). |
| 4099 | 2026-09-26 08:13:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-26 13:13:19 | 44% | 202 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=2, rotten=1, tomatometer=67%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=2, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=202 reviews, 89 fresh, 113 rotten, tomatometer=44% (44.059%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (202 reviews, 44%). |
| 3793 | 2026-09-18 09:00:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-18 14:00:38 | 43% | 199 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 5 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=5, fresh=2, rotten=3, tomatometer=40%. Net new reviews added=5, fresh=2, rotten=3. Current canonical totals=199 reviews, 87 fresh, 112 rotten, tomatometer=44% (43.719%). WARNING: entered headline 199 reviews / 43% did not match current canonical totals 199 reviews / 44%. |
| 3499 | 2026-09-10 08:42:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-10 13:42:30 | 43% | 194 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 7 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=7, fresh=2, rotten=5, tomatometer=29%. Net new reviews added=7, fresh=2, rotten=5. Current canonical totals=194 reviews, 85 fresh, 109 rotten, tomatometer=44% (43.814%). WARNING: entered headline 194 reviews / 43% did not match current canonical totals 194 reviews / 44%. |
| 3340 | 2026-09-02 08:03:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-02 13:03:15 | 44% | 187 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 20 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=20, fresh=5, rotten=15, tomatometer=25%. Net new reviews added=20, fresh=5, rotten=15. Current canonical totals=187 reviews, 83 fresh, 104 rotten, tomatometer=44% (44.385%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (187 reviews, 44%). |
| 3081 | 2026-08-25 08:49:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-25 13:49:54 | 46% | 167 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 7 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=7, fresh=4, rotten=3, tomatometer=57%. Net new reviews added=7, fresh=4, rotten=3. Current canonical totals=167 reviews, 78 fresh, 89 rotten, tomatometer=47% (46.707%). WARNING: entered headline 167 reviews / 46% did not match current canonical totals 167 reviews / 47%. |
| 2848 | 2026-08-17 07:29:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-17 12:29:22 | 46% | 160 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 7 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=7, fresh=3, rotten=4, tomatometer=43%. Net new reviews added=7, fresh=3, rotten=4. Current canonical totals=160 reviews, 74 fresh, 86 rotten, tomatometer=46% (46.250%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (160 reviews, 46%). |
| 2744 | 2026-08-14 05:16:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-14 10:16:46 | 46% | 153 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 11 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=11, fresh=5, rotten=6, tomatometer=45%. Net new reviews added=11, fresh=5, rotten=6. Current canonical totals=153 reviews, 71 fresh, 82 rotten, tomatometer=46% (46.405%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (153 reviews, 46%). |
| 2705 | 2026-08-12 03:57:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-12 08:57:20 | 46% | 142 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=142 reviews, 66 fresh, 76 rotten, tomatometer=46% (46.479%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (142 reviews, 46%). |
| 2697 | 2026-08-11 03:19:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-11 08:19:54 | 45% | 140 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 9 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=9, fresh=5, rotten=4, tomatometer=56%. Net new reviews added=9, fresh=5, rotten=4. Current canonical totals=140 reviews, 64 fresh, 76 rotten, tomatometer=46% (45.714%). WARNING: entered headline 140 reviews / 45% did not match current canonical totals 140 reviews / 46%. |
| 2694 | 2026-08-10 13:32:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-10 18:32:33 | 44% | 131 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=0, rotten=2, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=0, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=131 reviews, 59 fresh, 72 rotten, tomatometer=45% (45.038%). WARNING: entered headline 131 reviews / 44% did not match current canonical totals 131 reviews / 45%. |
| 2692 | 2026-08-10 08:12:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-10 13:12:34 | 45% | 129 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=129 reviews, 59 fresh, 70 rotten, tomatometer=46% (45.736%). WARNING: entered headline 129 reviews / 45% did not match current canonical totals 129 reviews / 46%. |
| 2674 | 2026-08-10 03:27:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-10 08:27:32 | 45% | 128 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=1, rotten=1, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=1, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=128 reviews, 59 fresh, 69 rotten, tomatometer=46% (46.094%). WARNING: entered headline 128 reviews / 45% did not match current canonical totals 128 reviews / 46%. |
| 2668 | 2026-08-09 05:35:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-09 10:35:29 | 46% | 126 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 9 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=9, fresh=1, rotten=8, tomatometer=11%. Net new reviews added=9, fresh=1, rotten=8. Current canonical totals=126 reviews, 58 fresh, 68 rotten, tomatometer=46% (46.032%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (126 reviews, 46%). |
| 2663 | 2026-08-08 07:12:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-08 12:12:07 | 49% | 117 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=1, rotten=1, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=1, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=117 reviews, 57 fresh, 60 rotten, tomatometer=49% (48.718%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (117 reviews, 49%). |
| 2651 | 2026-08-08 01:23:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-08 06:23:05 | 49% | 115 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 49 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=49, fresh=21, rotten=28, tomatometer=43%. Net new reviews added=49, fresh=21, rotten=28. Current canonical totals=115 reviews, 56 fresh, 59 rotten, tomatometer=49% (48.696%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (115 reviews, 49%). |
| 2628 | 2026-08-06 13:12:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-06 18:12:57 | 53% | 66 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=66 reviews, 35 fresh, 31 rotten, tomatometer=53% (53.030%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (66 reviews, 53%). |
| 2624 | 2026-08-06 12:12:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-06 17:12:57 | 52% | 65 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=65 reviews, 34 fresh, 31 rotten, tomatometer=52% (52.308%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (65 reviews, 52%). |
| 2620 | 2026-08-06 10:02:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-06 15:02:56 | 52% | 64 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=1, rotten=1, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=1, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=64 reviews, 33 fresh, 31 rotten, tomatometer=52% (51.563%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (64 reviews, 52%). |
| 2611 | 2026-08-06 08:59:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-06 13:59:42 | 52% | 62 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 17 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=17, fresh=8, rotten=9, tomatometer=47%. Net new reviews added=17, fresh=8, rotten=9. Current canonical totals=62 reviews, 32 fresh, 30 rotten, tomatometer=52% (51.613%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (62 reviews, 52%). |
| 2589 | 2026-08-05 13:42:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-05 18:42:12 | 53% | 45 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 7 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=7, fresh=3, rotten=4, tomatometer=43%. Net new reviews added=7, fresh=3, rotten=4. Current canonical totals=45 reviews, 24 fresh, 21 rotten, tomatometer=53% (53.333%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (45 reviews, 53%). |
| 2587 | 2026-08-05 12:42:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-05 17:42:13 | 55% | 38 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=3, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=3, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=38 reviews, 21 fresh, 17 rotten, tomatometer=55% (55.263%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (38 reviews, 55%). |
| 2585 | 2026-08-05 12:12:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-05 17:12:18 | 53% | 36 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 7 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=7, fresh=5, rotten=2, tomatometer=71%. Net new reviews added=7, fresh=5, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=35 reviews, 18 fresh, 17 rotten, tomatometer=51% (51.429%). WARNING: entered headline 36 reviews / 53% did not match current canonical totals 35 reviews / 51%. |
| 2583 | 2026-08-05 11:42:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-05 16:42:17 | 50% | 30 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 27 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=27, fresh=12, rotten=15, tomatometer=44%. Net new reviews added=27, fresh=12, rotten=15. Current canonical totals=28 reviews, 13 fresh, 15 rotten, tomatometer=46% (46.429%). WARNING: entered headline 30 reviews / 50% did not match current canonical totals 28 reviews / 46%. |
| 2540 | 2026-08-04 08:35:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-04 13:35:18 | — | 1 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=1 reviews, 1 fresh, 0 rotten, tomatometer=100% (100.000%). WARNING: delta batch had no complete entered headline values, so no rt_score_snapshot row was created. |
| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 291723 | Jeff Beck | The Blu Spot | Rotten | 2/5 | 21 hrs ago | 2026-10-19 16:22:00 | Will Gluck's One Night Only is sadly yet another rom-com entry that is too scared to stray away from the same tired old formula that we've seen many, many times before. |
| 291724 | Javier Alejandro Ramos | Cinencuentro | Fresh | — | 5 days ago | 2026-10-15 13:22:00 | Gluck swaps out unrestrained violence for repressed sexuality and urgent desire, in a clear satirical nod to the new culture of dating apps and the obsession with obtaining gratification without guilt. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 284978 | David Arroyo Santayana | MeriStation | Diario AS | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-30T13:43:10.000Z | 2026-09-30 13:43:10 | A fantasy so irreverent and naive that it's impossible not to laugh and go along with it. |
| 279724 | Sarah Gopaul | Imagery at the Movies | Fresh | — | 2026-09-25T00:18:33.000Z | 2026-09-25 00:18:33 | The silly premise is reminiscent of a New Year’s Eve film counting down the search for the perfect midnight kiss. But with everyone and their mother (enter Molly Ringwald) in the same boat, it’s a night of hope and unpredictability. |
| 279725 | Jinal Bhatt | Variety India | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-09-23T06:49:36.000Z | 2026-09-23 06:49:36 | ‘One Night Only’ is a pretty fun romp nestled within a crazy setting. But eventually it falls prey to the predictability of its genre. A romantic comedy that aspired to be a sex comedy but ultimately decided it was too prudish to let lust win over love. |
| 279726 | Dwight Brown | DwightBrownInk.com | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2026-09-22T00:17:31.000Z | 2026-09-22 00:17:31 | Frustrating escapade. Never as funny or hot as it could've been. Wish it had gone all the way |
| 275841 | Nicholas Bell | Fish Jelly Films (YouTube) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-09-16T19:55:26.000Z | 2026-09-16 19:55:26 | Gluck's One Night Only is so aggravatingly foolish and shallow it's easy to overlook how cowardly it seems considering the audacity to formulate a rom com in an Orwellian, sexless reality clouded by such stringent heteronormative semantics... |
| 275842 | Bhavna Agarwal | India Today | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-09-16T16:33:47.000Z | 2026-09-16 16:33:47 | One Night Only is silly, chaotic and occasionally overstuffed, but it is also surprisingly charming. |
| 275843 | Netra Brid | Pinkvilla | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-09-15T22:41:42.000Z | 2026-09-15 22:41:42 | Some jokes miss, some sequences could have been trimmed yet the film's energy is difficult to resist, particularly when Barbaro and Turner are sharing the screen. |
| 275844 | Leandro Ariel Porcelli | Cinéfilo Serial | Rotten | 3/10 | 2026-09-14T12:19:09.000Z | 2026-09-14 12:19:09 | A less than decent romcom paired with a wasted high-concept premise ends up becoming kind of an unconscious "Idiocracy", flaunting values of social compliance, commerce as culture and fear of sex. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 275845 | Dionar Hidalgo | Algo Más Que Cine | Rotten | 5/10 | 2026-09-12T19:21:47.000Z | 2026-09-12 19:21:47 | Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner have the chemistry to carry One Night Only, but its wild premise is wasted on a safe, uneven rom-com that favors style and frantic detours over sharper ideas or memorable writing. |
| 260463 | James Mottram | Radio Times | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-09-09T00:02:21.000Z | 2026-09-09 00:02:21 | Silly but sweet. |
| 260464 | Tina Burke | Mamamia | Fresh | — | 2026-09-08T18:35:23.000Z | 2026-09-08 18:35:23 | Like all of Gluck's films, this is genuinely a laugh-out-loud comedy that is only enhanced by watching it in a packed cinema with other rom-com cinephiles. It's not winning an Oscar and I think everyone involved is pretty cool with that. |
| 260465 | Alejandro Alemán | El Universal | Rotten | — | 2026-09-08T18:30:15.000Z | 2026-09-08 18:30:15 | This is a painfully puritanical, terribly prudish, and desperately sanctimonious film. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 260466 | Casey Chong | Casey's Movie Mania | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2026-09-08T08:37:35.000Z | 2026-09-08 08:37:35 | Will Gluck's high-concept rom-com peaks early, despite Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro's charming onscreen dynamic. |
| 260467 | Sammie Purcell | Rough Draft Atlanta | Rotten | — | 2026-09-04T16:09:07.000Z | 2026-09-04 16:09:07 | ... "One Night Only" can’t quite balance its wackier nature with the earnest emotion it tries to earn by the film’s end, landing on a note that neither feels all that romantic nor all that funny. |
| 260468 | Flynn Shan Benson | FILMINK (Australia) | Rotten | 0/20 | 2026-09-04T15:56:20.000Z | 2026-09-04 15:56:20 | … you shouldn’t pay anything to watch an ad. |
| 260469 | Poulomi Das | The Federal | Rotten | — | 2026-09-02T22:09:42.000Z | 2026-09-02 22:09:42 | One Night Only ultimately feels less like a failed attempt to revive the rom-com than a revealing example of why the genre is struggling to do so. |
| 258569 | Susan Kamyab | Good Morning Texas (ABC 8 Dallas WFAA) | Fresh | C+ | 2026-09-01T04:55:07.000Z | 2026-09-01 04:55:07 | Though the premise never reaches its full potential, this is still a cute lighthearted "will they won’t they" love story. |
| 258570 | Simran Hans | The Times (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-31T23:10:44.000Z | 2026-08-31 23:10:44 | If it’s meant to be satire, it doesn’t work. |
| 258571 | Fran Winston | Daily Express (UK) | Rotten | 1/5 | 2026-08-31T20:08:58.000Z | 2026-08-31 20:08:58 | There are some amusing moments and the cast have an undeniable charm, but the movie cannot escape its oppressive central premise. |
| 258572 | Marissa Hill | Shade Studios | Rotten | — | 2026-08-31T17:52:48.000Z | 2026-08-31 17:52:48 | Ultimately, while the leads do the best they can with the material, the movie ends up feeling a bit flat compared to classic one-night rom-coms. |
| 258573 | Tori Brazier | metro.co.uk | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-08-30T16:48:36.000Z | 2026-08-30 16:48:36 | One Night Only’s premise is a bit off-putting, but if you want to brainlessly watch the central couple rather than consider the wider implications of this world then it’s perfectly serviceable. |
| 258574 | Manuel São Bento | MSB Reviews (Ghost.io) | Fresh | B- | 2026-08-30T15:04:26.000Z | 2026-08-30 15:04:26 | Monica Barbaro carries One Night Only in a way that feels almost unfair to her scene partners (...) this might be the best work of her career to date. |
| 258575 | Jack Martin | Film Feeder | Rotten | 1/5 | 2026-08-30T13:55:40.000Z | 2026-08-30 13:55:40 | But their overly predictable journey towards each other barely matters, since all you’ll be thinking about is how much One Night Only misses the mark as both a sociopolitical satire and as a straightforward romantic-comedy. |
| 258576 | Beau Behan | Patch.com | Rotten | — | 2026-08-29T18:12:21.000Z | 2026-08-29 18:12:21 | By the time the night winds down, "One Night Only" has generated enough charm to keep the romance afloat, but not enough clarity to give its world any real shape. |
| 258577 | André Didyme-Dôme | Rolling Stone en Español | Rotten | — | 2026-08-28T22:51:31.000Z | 2026-08-28 22:51:31 | The movie wants to seduce a young audience with the promise of transgression, but ends up offering a conventional story about two people discovering that love matters more than sex... [Full review in Spanish] |
| 258578 | Dulcie Pearce | The Sun (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-28T20:06:33.000Z | 2026-08-28 20:06:33 | There are some funny moments, and its two charismatic leads most certainly save this strange love story. But finally the huge plot holes and the desperately flat ending become a big turn-off. |
| 258579 | Pablo O. Scholz | Clarín | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-28T16:54:18.000Z | 2026-08-28 16:54:18 | There is a substantial list of cameos...along with a soundtrack packed with catchy, familiar songs; in short, One Night Only has everything it needs to be a hit. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 258580 | Tim Robey | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-27T22:21:24.000Z | 2026-08-27 22:21:24 | Some premises for a romantic comedy can get straight in the bin. One Night Only needs double-bagging while we hold our noses, which is a pity, because it also has two stars...who are sexy and appealing together, given the chance. |
| 258581 | Natalia Trzenko | La Nación (Argentina) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-08-27T17:29:35.000Z | 2026-08-27 17:29:35 | ...the charisma and charm of the main actors, along with the clever use of New York locations that avoid clichés, make One Night Only an entertaining attempt to put romantic comedy back in the spotlight. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 258582 | Diego Batlle | Otroscines.com | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-27T16:49:06.000Z | 2026-08-27 16:49:06 | Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner have some chemistry and charisma, but the material is so clumsy and arbitrary...that the film's collapse is almost constant during the hour and a half of misadventures. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 258583 | Siddhant Adlakha | Empire Magazine | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-27T16:10:44.000Z | 2026-08-27 16:10:44 | One Night Only places attractive, likable stars in a world where neither the people nor the politics make much sense. It’s rare for a romcom to be this un-exciting. |
| 258584 | Linda Marric | HeyUGuys | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-27T10:51:17.000Z | 2026-08-27 10:51:17 | One Night Only might have been considerably better if it had been built around an idea that didn't require the audience to completely abandon reality before the romance could begin. |
| 258585 | Kevin Maher | The Times (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-26T23:24:39.000Z | 2026-08-26 23:24:39 | Allie is prim and bland while flimsy Ollie proves yet again that Turner’s technical repertoire is too often dependent on blank lockjaw smiles and topless mid-shots. He’d probably make a great Bond. |
| 258586 | Luis Martínez | El Mundo (Spain) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-26T21:21:49.000Z | 2026-08-26 21:21:49 | Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner do what they can with the strangest, most baffling, and ultimately unsuccessful genre mashup in a long time. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 258587 | Nando Salvá | Cinemanía (Spain) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-26T21:21:07.000Z | 2026-08-26 21:21:07 | There's no way to get involved in the couple's dalliances, partly because of their lack of questioning institutionalized chastity as sinister. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 258588 | Belen Prieto | Espinof | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-26T17:20:18.000Z | 2026-08-26 17:20:18 | There was a much wilder, more political, and provocative comedy hidden within this story, one that could have used the "Sexual Purge" to talk about freedom, desire, and control. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 254102 | Monica Yadav | Hindustan Times | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-08-24T17:43:09.000Z | 2026-08-24 17:43:09 | It’s a movie that bites off way more than it can chew, but it's saved by its infectious energy and a genuinely likable pair of leads. |
| 254103 | Shreyas Pande | The Hindu | Rotten | — | 2026-08-21T21:57:22.000Z | 2026-08-21 21:57:22 | Granted, that One Night Only promises a plain sex-comedy without the baggage of emotional labour, but to see it struggle to locate its own silly spot feels tiresome... |
| 254104 | Nick Levine | NME (New Musical Express) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-19T11:36:38.000Z | 2026-08-19 11:36:38 | One Night Only‘s retrogressive ending is so misguided that it’s tempting to quote a better romantic comedy involving a Hollywood sex worker: "Big mistake. Huge." |
| 254105 | Wenlei Ma | The Nightly (AU) | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2026-08-19T07:09:24.000Z | 2026-08-19 07:09:24 | For something that’s billed as a sex comedy, it seems to actively judge sex and those who have it. |
| 254106 | Erica Richards | Pop Culture Leftovers | Fresh | — | 2026-08-19T02:23:51.000Z | 2026-08-19 02:23:51 | Surprisingly funny, cute, and totally aware of itself, One Night Only is a fun summer rom-com you didn’t know you needed! |
| 254107 | Faith Hill | The Atlantic | Fresh | — | 2026-08-18T18:08:53.000Z | 2026-08-18 18:08:53 | One Night Only does capture something true about the anxieties and pressures of modern singlehood. The prospects can seem both abundant and astoundingly unappealing. Not trying feels like missing an opportunity, but trying might be worse. |
| 254108 | Sara Michelle Fetters | MovieFreak.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-18T07:15:43.000Z | 2026-08-18 07:15:43 | Barbaro is outstanding, giving a bold, bright, three-dimensional performance of physical and verbal dexterity that’s sublime. The talented actor confirms that her A Complete Unknown Academy Award nomination was hardly a fluke. |
| 244738 | Candice McMillan | Seattle Refined | Fresh | — | 2026-08-16T19:57:05.000Z | 2026-08-16 19:57:05 | Though One Night Only fails to fill plenty of holes in its shaky set-up, viewers are willing to forgive the fascist turn for the fun that the film is eager to have. |
| 244739 | Tara McNamara | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-08-15T23:26:16.000Z | 2026-08-15 23:26:16 | A sex comedy where no one's having sex isn't unheard of, but in director Will Gluck's fresh take, literally everyone is having sex except for the main characters. |
| 244740 | Jeffrey Harris | 411mania | Rotten | 5/10 | 2026-08-15T18:44:55.000Z | 2026-08-15 18:44:55 | One Night Only features two strong leads and an intriguing dystopian premise. However, Will Gluck's traditional rom-com sensibilities never truly gel with the high-concept setup. |
| 244741 | Leigh Paatsch | Daily Telegraph (Australia) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-08-14T23:12:13.000Z | 2026-08-14 23:12:13 | Put simply, you want these two to get together, and you’ll happily stick around to watch them dance the will-they-or-won’t-they tango until the right outcome is achieved. |
| 244742 | Sankeerthna Vedamtam | MovieJawn | Rotten | — | 2026-08-14T21:37:57.000Z | 2026-08-14 21:37:57 | This is weird. This is a strange premise, period, for the present moment. We don’t need a hypothetical "in a world, where [insert quirky doomsday scenario here]". To quote a very wise pirate, we’re living in one. |
| 244743 | Nikki Gemmell | The Australian | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2026-08-14T21:15:23.000Z | 2026-08-14 21:15:23 | One Night Only feels obediently, deadeningly, pro-abstaining. |
| 244744 | Deniz Arslan | Battle Royale With Cheese | Rotten | 5/10 | 2026-08-14T19:47:36.000Z | 2026-08-14 19:47:36 | One Night Only dresses up an ordinary rom-com in a dystopian premise, but its empty world and political passivity leave the film with little to say. |
| 243224 | Leo Brady | AMovieGuy.com | Rotten | 2/4 | 2026-08-14T07:40:01.000Z | 2026-08-14 07:40:01 | One Night Only has to be the strangest movie of 2026. |
| 243225 | Scott Mendelson | The Outside Scoop (Substack) | Rotten | 3/10 | 2026-08-14T00:22:06.000Z | 2026-08-14 00:22:06 | An otherwise harmless romantic comedy kneecapped by its gloves-off treatment of its frighteningly plausible premise, the Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner-led release is scarier than any 'Purge' movie |
| 243226 | Daniella Mazzio | In Review Online | Rotten | — | 2026-08-14T00:01:34.000Z | 2026-08-14 00:01:34 | One Night Only misses the mark on why people are struggling to form connections, exhibiting a moral haughtiness that suggests the fault is in the individual for giving it away too soon. |
| 243227 | Graeme Tuckett | The Post NZ | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-13T23:24:06.000Z | 2026-08-13 23:24:06 | In fact this gets nearly everything right - I'd watch Barbaro and Turner read the phone book to each other - but setting the film in this nonsensical idea of a fascist police state, I reckon Gluck and writer Travis Braun have misread the room terribly. |
| 243228 | Jake Wilson | Sydney Morning Herald | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-08-13T20:17:09.000Z | 2026-08-13 20:17:09 | This kind of furtive conservatism is starting to look like a Gluck signature... Fortunately, he knows how to maintain the kind of fun, busy surface that distracts us from overthinking, as well as how to get the most from his leads. |
| 243229 | Thelma Adams | AARP Movies for Grownups | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-08-13T17:24:16.000Z | 2026-08-13 17:24:16 | Smart and silly, with yummy stars, One Night Only is this summer’s most charming rom-com. |
| 243230 | M.V. Moorhead | Less Hat, Moorhead | Fresh | — | 2026-08-13T16:58:47.000Z | 2026-08-13 16:58:47 | Turner is winning in his nice guy role; he has a touch of Channing Tatum's sweetness while giving off a sharper sense of intelligence. But One Night Only truly serves as a showcase for Barbaro. |
| 243231 | Mark Jackson | Epoch Times | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-08-12T23:36:48.000Z | 2026-08-12 23:36:48 | It's fun despite the silly premise, has believable romantic chemistry between the two leads, and an exceptional amount of adorableness from Monica Barbaro. |
| 243232 | Tina Kakadelis | Beyond the Cinerama Dome | Rotten | — | 2026-08-12T22:32:08.000Z | 2026-08-12 22:32:08 | Much of One Night Only feels like it’s fighting against itself. |
| 243233 | Margot Harrison | Seven Days (VT) | Rotten | 4/10 | 2026-08-12T18:47:53.000Z | 2026-08-12 18:47:53 | 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. |
| 243234 | Jim Schembri | jimschembri.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-08-12T16:08:45.000Z | 2026-08-12 16:08:45 | 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. |
| 239225 | Rick Bentley | KGET-TV (Bakersfield, CA) | Fresh | B | 2026-08-11T16:21:37.000Z | 2026-08-11 16:21:37 | 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. |
| 239226 | Peter Gray | The AU Review | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-08-11T09:32:57.000Z | 2026-08-11 09:32:57 | Sexy, consistently funny and unexpectedly lovely; a reminder that the best romantic comedies don’t just make you wait for two people to kiss. They make you care whether they do. |
| 238425 | Rua Fay | Cinemasters | Rotten | — | 2026-08-11T04:02:38.000Z | 2026-08-11 04:02:38 | One Night Only is both technically and creatively bankrupt. It is enjoyable solely if it is consumed ironically, accompanied by a bottle of wine. |
| 238426 | Aisha Harris | Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast) | Rotten | — | 2026-08-11T00:18:10.000Z | 2026-08-11 00:18:10 | This is a dystopian sex romcom with no real bite, very little sex, but with a lot of very obvious hangups about sex that are not ultimately resolved. |
| 238427 | Linda Holmes | Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast) | Rotten | — | 2026-08-11T00:15:36.000Z | 2026-08-11 00:15:36 | 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. |
| 238428 | Rick Hong | Film Threat | Fresh | 9/10 | 2026-08-10T22:43:36.000Z | 2026-08-10 22:43:36 | There are a lot of fun hijinks to enjoy, and I laughed quite a bit. |
| 238429 | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff (YouTube) | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2026-08-10T22:16:36.000Z | 2026-08-10 22:16:36 | Monica Barbaro & Callum Turner shine, but a surface-level exploration of this concept just doesn't sit right. |
| 238430 | Meredith Haggerty | The Verge | Fresh | — | 2026-08-10T21:55:36.000Z | 2026-08-10 21:55:36 | It is surprisingly amusing, though, if you can quiet your disbelief to only one to two cries of “Really?? This??” per minute. The movie has sort of misfired David Wain energy, with some truly unexpected gags and pleasantly silly set pieces. |
| 238431 | Alci Rengifo | Entertainment Voice | Fresh | — | 2026-08-10T21:21:28.000Z | 2026-08-10 21:21:28 | As a date movie, “One Night Only” knows what it is and will satisfy its target audience. |
| 238432 | Dustin Rowles | Pajiba | Fresh | — | 2026-08-10T21:07:03.000Z | 2026-08-10 21:07:03 | A bad romcom elevated by magnificent leads and great chemistry. In other words, turn green for the leads; stay red on the script. |
| 238433 | James Berardinelli | ReelViews | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-10T20:26:39.000Z | 2026-08-10 20:26:39 | Ultimately, the film works because we actively root for these two characters to become a couple—the ultimate goal of any true rom-com—and the parallelism of their misadventures is frequently amusing and sometimes genuinely funny. |
| 238414 | Alison Foreman | IndieWire | Rotten | C- | 2026-08-10T17:30:05.000Z | 2026-08-10 17:30:05 | 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. |
| 238415 | Adam Nayman | The Ringer | Rotten | — | 2026-08-10T17:28:31.000Z | 2026-08-10 17:28:31 | Fusing prudishness to subversion and smugness to sincerity, One Night Only operates precisely and obliviously as the punch line to its own cautionary tale; it feints left and swipes right. |
| 238412 | Murjani Rawls | Substream Magazine | Rotten | — | 2026-08-10T12:34:13.000Z | 2026-08-10 12:34:13 | "One Night Only" deduces that in order to combat a sensitive subject, we will willingly subside into a surveillance state where pleasure is microdosed, commodified, and Sarah Bareilles’s "Brave" is remixed to sell you meds. |
| 236768 | Brittany Frederick | TVBrittanyF.com | Fresh | A- | 2026-08-10T03:50:54.000Z | 2026-08-10 03:50:54 | One Night Only is the charming surprise of the summer. The movie has far more to offer than its quirky premise, starting with lively performances from leads Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner. |
| 236769 | Sarah Vincent | Sarah G Vincent Views | Rotten | — | 2026-08-10T02:39:06.000Z | 2026-08-10 02:39:06 | A great premise is wasted on two boring characters with almost no chemistry and will leave you doubting whether Turner is even attractive even if you came in a fan or Barburo can even sing. |
| 236734 | Sean P. Means | The Movie Cricket | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2026-08-09T04:00:56.000Z | 2026-08-09 04:00:56 | Usually, someone at the studio or among the producers would strangle a bad idea like this one in the crib, rather than feed it and let it grow into a full-scale terrible movie. |
| 236735 | Andrew Parker | The Gate | Rotten | 5/10 | 2026-08-08T20:53:07.000Z | 2026-08-08 20:53:07 | I laughed, and I admire the things that work, but this movie is an obvious mess that either wasn’t thought through enough before it went to camera or it had too much cut from it along the way. |
| 236736 | Alise Chaffins | The Dominion Post | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2026-08-08T18:52:44.000Z | 2026-08-08 18:52:44 | if you're going to make (no sex) the cornerstone of your entire film, you had better be willing to engage with the seriousness of what that means for real. Instead, this movie uses this fascistic setup for a cutesy rom-com that is itself a disappointment. |
| 236737 | Rick Romancito | The Taos News | Fresh | C | 2026-08-08T17:27:42.000Z | 2026-08-08 17:27:42 | Starting with its lame title, the movie unspools like a watered down version of Martin Scorsese’s edgy dark comedy, "After Hours" (1985) and James DeMonaco’s ultraviolent horror picture "The Purge" (2013). |
| 236738 | Michael Ward | Should I See It | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2026-08-08T17:12:46.000Z | 2026-08-08 17:12:46 | ...funny, charming, and pretty good company for a while. But the longer you spend with it and get to know it a little more, you realize this is not nearly as interesting a hang as it first convinced you it would be. |
| 236739 | Maxance Vincent | The Cosmic Circus | Rotten | 1/5 | 2026-08-08T16:49:10.000Z | 2026-08-08 16:49:10 | A romantic comedy that is neither romantic nor funny. |
| 236740 | Tim Stevens | The Spool | Rotten | — | 2026-08-08T16:41:01.000Z | 2026-08-08 16:41:01 | As a movie taken entirely on its own merits without any real-world context or baggage, it’s pretty good. Sadly, there’s still the film’s politics. |
| 236741 | Keith Garlington | Keith & the Movies | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-08T15:00:27.000Z | 2026-08-08 15:00:27 | Barbaro and Turner give it their all and have some pretty decent chemistry. But they’re in desperate need of better material. And no matter how hard they try, there’s just too much for them to overcome. |
| 236742 | Erik Childress | Movie Madness Podcast | Rotten | 0/4 | 2026-08-08T14:27:30.000Z | 2026-08-08 14:27:30 | One of the very worst of the year fails to engage with a wide range of implications built out of its Purge-ish premise. Putting that all inside it is neither funny, charming, clever or romantic. Just subservient to its one-joke idea like its characters. |
| 236720 | Ridge Harripersad | CGMagazine | Fresh | 7.5/10 | 2026-08-08T09:23:31.000Z | 2026-08-08 09:23:31 | One Night Only brought a rare wild and fun romance-comedy vibe, which many new rom-coms have been lacking. |
| 236721 | Anthony Morris | It's Better in the Dark | Rotten | 3/5 | 2026-08-08T08:29:34.000Z | 2026-08-08 08:29:34 | One Night Only's big problem is one that's ruined a lot of casual sex: overthinking it. |
| 236628 | Jeanne Kaplan | Kaplan vs. Kaplan | Rotten | — | 2026-08-08T04:58:14.000Z | 2026-08-08 04:58:14 | ONE NIGHT ONLY is passable as a rom-com that would make for an interesting date night. Gluck and Braun's decision to play it safe is unsatisfying. |
| 236629 | David Kaplan | Kaplan vs. Kaplan | Fresh | — | 2026-08-08T04:55:28.000Z | 2026-08-08 04:55:28 | ONE NIGHT ONLY, upon reflection, is a movie that grew on me. |
| 236630 | Abby Olcese | The Pitch | Fresh | — | 2026-08-08T00:26:31.000Z | 2026-08-08 00:26:31 | One Night Only is going for neither profound nor spectacular. It’s going for warm and fun. It mostly achieves that, even if it is under really bizarre circumstances. |
| 236631 | Robert Horton | The Scarecrow | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-08T00:03:10.000Z | 2026-08-08 00:03:10 | I enjoyed the momentum, and the sense of a zany adventure unfolding to a countdown clock. |
| 236632 | Alonso Duralde | Breakfast All Day | Rotten | — | 2026-08-07T23:40:17.000Z | 2026-08-07 23:40:17 | This is a weirdly, creepily, conservative anti-sex movie masquerading as a saucy rom-com. |
| 236633 | Stephanie Zacharek | TIME Magazine | Fresh | — | 2026-08-07T21:59:37.000Z | 2026-08-07 21:59:37 | This is a great New York movie, one that captures all the beauty and dumb grit of this fantastic, weird city. |
| 236634 | Robert Kojder | Flickering Myth | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2026-08-07T21:04:31.000Z | 2026-08-07 21:04:31 | Not only do the characters inhabit a world of brainwashing, but this regressive rom-com itself is also intent on doing that |
| 236635 | Codie Allen | fade in, breathe out (Substack) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-08-07T20:51:25.000Z | 2026-08-07 20:51:25 | One Night Only is messy, charming, occasionally ridiculous, and a little too much at times — but it has enough heart to win you over. |
| 236636 | Louis Skye (Ronita Roy Mohan) | Stereo Geeks (Podcast) | Fresh | — | 2026-08-07T20:38:15.000Z | 2026-08-07 20:38:15 | Every moment of this film was enjoyable — bar one gross scene... One Night Only is hilarious, a complete escape from the real world, and is powered by such natural and realistic performances, it doesn’t even feel like watching a film. |
| 236637 | Anna Iovine | Mashable | Rotten | — | 2026-08-07T20:37:29.000Z | 2026-08-07 20:37:29 | If I turned my brain off, One Night Only would be a funny movie with heart. |
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