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‘One Night Only’ Director Understands The “Sex Purge” Comparisons
['Glenn Garner']
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While One Night Only is intended as a romantic-comedy, there are some obvious dystopian undertones that audiences can’t ignore.
Director Will Gluck recently addressed online comparisons between the Purge franchise and his new Universal rom-com, which is now in theaters, about two New Yorkers (Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner) who meet on the one night a year premarital sex is legal.
“I am very aware of the online discourse about this world and this movie being the ‘sex Purge,’ and rightfully so,” he told SlashFilm.
And I know I get some blowback going, ‘How could you make a movie about this not being about that?’
We wanted to show both sides, but we wanted it to be about these two people going through this crazy night.”