One Night Only: A delightfully sexy romp

One Night Only (2026) • View trailer3.5 stars (out of five); rated R, for frequent profanity, sexual candor and surprisingly little nudityAvailable via: Movie theatersBy Derrick BangAlthough one first must accept this film’s ridiculously unlikely premise, what follows is an unexpectedly delightful romantic comedy, highlighted by Travis Braun’s continuously cheeky script and two stars who share a Periodic Table’s worth of chemistry. Allie (Monica Barbaro) and Owen (Callum Turner) bump into each other — not for thefirst time — when they independently find the only bodega in all of New York Citythat still has one precious condom for sale.Think of this as a gentler, (somewhat) kinder response to the one-night-of-legal-crime franchise that began with 2013’s The Purge.The setting is New York City, the time some point is the very near future. Thanks to the efforts of an ultra-conservative D.C. faction, three years earlier the “Mandate” became law, which outlawed premarital sex. Enforcement…