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56% Critic Match
One Night Stand
“Sometimes an entire life can change in just one night.”
5.6 / 10• 1997• 1h 42m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visit his friend Charlie, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, he has repeat run-ins with a beautiful woman, Karen, and eventually sleeps with her. Though he goes home the next day and doesn't return until a year later, Carlyle's infidelity still lingers.
Cast & Crew
Wesley Snipes
Max Carlyle
Lead
Nastassja Kinski
Karen
Kyle MacLachlan
Vernon
Ming-Na Wen
Mimi Carlyle
Robert Downey Jr.
Charlie
Marcus T. Paulk
Charlie Carlyle
Glenn Plummer
George
Amanda Donohoe
Margaux
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mike Figgis's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. One Night Stand is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
