'One Night Only' and the 21st Century Rom-Com Canon
Amanda Dobbins and Juliet Litman dive into One Night Only, a new romantic comedy with an outlandish premise about government-regulated sex, before building their 21st-century rom-com canon. While they enjoyed the film’s charm and performances, they found its world-building implausible a
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