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Lane Janger, Joelle Carter, Guillermo Díaz, David Lee Russek, Jennifer Esposito

Producer-turned-director Lane Janger also stars in this sexual comedy of manners about a woman who turns her groom-to-be's sapphic fantasies back on him. Just a few weeks before he's due to be married... read more read more..., fireman Anthony (Janger) decides that it's now-or-never time for his fantasy of making love to his fiancée, Amy (Joelle Carter), and another woman at the same time. Although she has repeatedly rejected such a scenario, this time an angry Amy agrees -- as long as Anthony will make love with her and another man at the same time. Soon, the couple find themselves going on "dates" outside their relationship. Anthony grudgingly allows Victor (Guillermo Diaz), a closeted, inexperienced college student who's had a crush on him since high school, to hang out with him and his firehouse cronies, hoping all the while that Amy will call his bluff. Amy, meanwhile, befriends Victor's pal Michelle (Jennifer Esposito), a lesbian furniture maker recovering from a recent breakup. Anthony's fellow firefighters adjust surprisingly well to their colleague's new friend, but problems ensue when Amy's expatriate parents show up early for the wedding, interrupting their daughter's tentative experimentation. Just One Time began its life as an eight-minute short that premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival; it was screened with the feature Ma Vie En Rose during that film's Canadian theatrical run and was later included in the collection Boy's Life 3. Principals Esposito, Carter, and Diaz reprise their roles from the short, while Janger shares screenwriting duties with Columbia film school alumna Jennifer Vandever in a novel arrangement that allowed them to collaborate on the first act and then split up, with his scribing the second act and her the third. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Lane Janger

Release Date: October 20, 2000

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DVD Release Date: May 29, 2001

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  • dutchboydvh
    August 23, 2006
    dutchboydvh
    One of the most enjoyable movies I have seen in a long time. Yeah... well it wasn't perfect, but the fun and games of life are captured well in this very amusing little flick. Dom and Victor are really hilarious and HOT characters. I watch this video whenever I need a good mood b... read moreooster!

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Emanuel Levy
December 18, 2006
Emanuel Levy, Variety

In his feature debut, Langer continues to develop the trend begun by him as producer of I Think I Do (a better film), i.e. to construct a romantic comedy that blends gay and straight characters that c... Full Review

Carla Meyer
January 1, 2000
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle

Just One Time is a bedroom farce with little sex or humor, a weak premise and spotty acting. But it's mildly enjoyable anyway, thanks to a sneaky charm. Full Review

A.O. Scott
January 1, 2000
A.O. Scott, New York Times

Just One Time, with its breezy jokiness, is more sitcom than smut, but at 90 minutes without a laugh track or commercial break, it hardly holds its own against an average episode of Dharma and Greg or... Full Review

Emanuel Levy
June 27, 2011
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

A mildly amusing comedy that blends straight and gay characters together Full Review

Shlomo Schwartzberg
June 5, 2002
Shlomo Schwartzberg, Boxoffice Magazine

Just One Time began life as a sharply written short film, but as a feature it's unmemorable. Full Review

Ryan Cracknell
June 4, 2001
Ryan Cracknell, Apollo Guide

Had Just One Time been closer to 60 minutes in length, filmed in front of a barking studio audience and presided over by a guy named Springer, I might have been moderately amused. Full Review

Chuck Rudolph
March 23, 2001
Chuck Rudolph, Matinee Magazine

The dirty talk reveals motives that are unfashionably--dishonestly--square. Full Review

Christopher Null
February 1, 2001
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

It's not a bad way to spend 90 minutes, but not fantastic cinema either. Full Review

Robert Roten
January 1, 2001
Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope

This is not great, or risk-taking, filmmaking, but it does have a certain undeniable charm. Full Review

Rob Blackwelder
January 1, 2000
Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWire

A story like Just One Time is inevitable -- and welcome -- in an age of advanced sexual freedom and experimentation. But someone with more respect for women should take another whack at it. Full Review

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