"12 hours can change everything."
Director: Will Gluck
Cast: Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner, Maya Hawke, King Princess, Molly Ringwald
One Night Only — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
Maybe the fascists were right about this one.
Context
From a closing reflection about how the mandate gave sex new meaning.
Meaning
The line that most divided viewers. It is read either as a wry joke or as the film endorsing the mandate.
Choice itself is romantic.
Context
The same reflection, asking who you choose to be with for this one night.
Meaning
Compresses the film's thesis about agency.
Much ado about nothing, as the kids say.
Context
Owen teases Allie after learning she didn't use something she had prepared.
Meaning
Banter that shows the couple's chemistry.
Kids don't say that.
Context
Her reply to Owen's line above.
Meaning
Dry comic rejoinder in their back-and-forth.
You ride an escalator forever, and then you get up there, and you just stare at a fence.
Context
She dismisses the Empire State Building as a romantic spot.
Meaning
She debunks romantic clichés.
I'm ordering a pizza with extra cheese ... hold the KY.
Context
A quip about her night's plans.
Meaning
Shows the film's bawdy, self-aware humor.
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