Metacritic Film

Just One Time

Starring Joelle Carter, Jennifer Esposito, and David Lee Russek

MPAA RATING: Not rated

Cowboy Booking International
Romance
111 minutes | Color
USA
Released In Theaters October 20, 2000

Lays out the comical consequences of what happens when a young couple attempts to turn fantasy into reality. (Cowboy Booking International)

WRITTEN BY
Lane Janger
Jennifer Vandever

DIRECTED BY
Lane Janger

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

34 / 100

Critic Reviews

70 Los Angeles Times
In Just One Time, sexual fantasy gives way to a consideration of values without being heavy-handed. Janger draws winning performances from everyone.
65 Mr. Showbiz
Features a sexy, appealing cast, especially Guillermo Diaz.
50 LA Weekly
Audiences will probably be miles ahead of the plot, but may not mind, since the cast bring a committed, lived-in quality to their performances.
50 San Francisco Examiner
Feels like an interminable pilot for a show to fill that deadly 8:30 slot between "Friends" and "Will and Grace."
50 San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer
Darned if this film doesn't have some nice touches.
40 TV Guide
This labored farce relies on an unpleasant collection of stereotypes for its comic effects, and Janger is a singularly unappealing leading man.
38 New York Daily News
Atoothless morality play.
30 The New York Times
Works hard at being charming, but comedy is best when it looks effortless.
25 Christian Science Monitor
The comedy isn't quite as crude as it sounds, but there's not much of value here beyond a little lively acting.
25 New York Post
A smarmy, smirky but ultimately boring film.
20 Village Voice
An arthritic exercise in self-pleasurement.

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