Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner on Rom-Coms and the Politics of ‘One Night Only’

In “One Night Only,” Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner play singles living in a world where the government has banned premarital sex. How far-fetched is that?

Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner play singles searching for a match during the one night a year when premarital sex is allowed.

Why are single people only allowed to have sex once each year? How on earth is that rule enforced? Is third base permitted? Pull up a chair—and get ready for a deep dive.

Coming from Universal, the studio that brought you The Purge, comes a sort of kissin’ cousin to that movie, One Night Only. Instead of a 12-hour period annually where you can kill people without consequence as is the case with Purge, the idea here is the polar opposite: It is set in New York City…

Sex between singles is outlawed except for one 12-hour window a year in Will Gluck’s high-concept romp, also featuring Maya Hawke, Molly Ringwald, LeVar Burton and Julia Fox.

A high-concept romantic comedy is a difficult thing to pull off. The success of any romcom is so dependent on any number of ordinary yet intangible factors — star chemistry, warmth, a general sense of goodwill toward all involved — that when you massively complicate the rules of the game, the balance is thrown off.…

"Fantastic Beasts" alum Callum Turner attended the New York premiere of his film, "One Night Only," with his pop music star wife, Dua Lipa, Monday.