THIS is the romcom twist nobody asked for but everyone’s now talking about: a film with a premise built around sex, made by a director who’s deliberately dialled back the nudity.

According to a new report, One Night Only director Will Gluck has been fielding loads of questions about the film’s premise—specifically the logic, the loopholes, and how it’s meant to work. The setup is unapologetically high-concept: it’s a raucous romantic comedy about the one night a year when premarital sex is legal.

If that sounds like a genre mash-up, that’s because it is. The comparison offered is The Purge, but swapping the violence for, well, banging instead of murder. That’s the hook: a rules-based world, a single annual release valve, and a romantic comedy trying to ride the chaos.

But Gluck’s most eyebrow-raising move isn’t in the legality gymnastics—it’s in what he’s chosen not to show. He says he cut out “so much nudity” because people dislike sex on screen, and because it can “take you out of the movie.”

It’s a shrewd little contradiction on paper: a story designed to provoke overthinking about sex and society, paired with a creative choice designed to stop audiences overthinking what they’re seeing. Gluck has also made it clear he doesn’t want viewers to overthink it, even as the premise practically invites the audience to start poking at the rules.

There’s something very contemporary about that push and pull. The film is selling a loud, naughty idea, then trying to keep the viewer’s attention on the ride rather than the mechanics—or the flesh. In a genre that’s often as much about chemistry as it is about consequence, Gluck’s bet seems to be that you can keep the energy without lingering on the explicit.

Either way, it’s a fascinating line to draw: when your whole premise is about sex, choosing restraint isn’t prudish—it’s a statement about what you think distracts, and what you think actually lands.