‘One Night Only’ movie review: Bodies meet, hearts fret in spiceless, monotone sex comedy

It is rather ironic that Will Gluck’s glossy, casual rom-com, One Night Only comes out just over a month after The Invite , Olivia Wilde’s revelatory, tragic-comic breakdown of modern love . Even though both the films take place over the course of a night, Gluck barely manages to rise beyond the sure-shot click-bait of a premise, as he virtually reimagines parts of his own earlier work, mixed with snippets of the great American rom-com trope. Guy and girl have an awkward chance meeting, they hate each other but fate gets them together each time. They don’t see what’s brewing but we do as eyes meet, conversations mature and a connection is made. The get-together is not without its share of last-minute realisations followed by runs around the city to go to a ‘special place’ and finding the other waiting, with a smile that explains it all.