In the new romantic comedy One Night Only, it’s been three years since the United States outlawed premarital sex. According to the opening titles, “it’s been a lot.” Frankly, that’s a serious undersell.
Imagine it: a world where sex is banned for unmarried people. It would be chock-full of the angriest, most frustrated, pent-up people you’ve ever seen. America would be plunged into an apocalypse-like state at the snap of a finger.
This is a film that takes a high-concept and treats it like any other law. One Night Only takes place in a sex-free New York City, but the city itself hasn’t changed. Well, it’s uglier, but that’s attributed more to the film’s flat, unenticing visual language that makes it look more like a commercial than a movie rather than the fact that there’s no more sex.
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