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One Wild Moment: an airport-run cliché stretched into a feature film.
“Tomato tried to leave at intermission.”
— THE DEVIL TOMATO
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1981 · Comedy / Drama / Romance
One Wild Moment
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Pierre, 44, contentedly divorced, takes his teen daughter to the Côte d'Azur along with his friend Jacques and Jacques' own teen daughter, Françoise. On the topless beaches of Saint-Tropez, Jacques and Pierre discuss marriage and being parents. Then, in a wild moment at a nighttime party, Françoise starts playing with Pierre, and one thing leads to another: they become lovers. After a couple of trysts, Pierre wants out, but Françoise declares her love for him and wants to tell her father about it. She does, but leaves out Pierre's name, so Jacques enlists Pierre's help in identifying who seduced his daughter. What will Pierre do?
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RELEASE DATE
1981
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GENRE
Comedy / Drama / Romance
PLOT SUMMARY
Pierre, 44, contentedly divorced, takes his teen daughter to the Côte d'Azur along with his friend Jacques and Jacques' own teen daughter, Françoise. On the topless beaches of Saint-Tropez, Jacques and Pierre discuss marriage and being parents. Then, in a wild moment at a nighttime party, Françoise starts playing with Pierre, and one thing leads to another: they become lovers. After a couple of trysts, Pierre wants out, but Françoise declares her love for him and wants to tell her father about it. She does, but leaves out Pierre's name, so Jacques enlists Pierre's help in identifying who seduced his daughter. What will Pierre do?
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@RATIO_RAT2025-12-13 21:00 UTC
The chemistry in One Wild Moment is so flat it would fail a high-school lab report.
@REEL_DEAL2025-12-07 06:00 UTC
One Wild Moment is what improv class warned you about.
@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-03 17:00 UTC
Laughed twice during One Wild Moment. Once was a sneeze.
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r/criticalkino · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 2.8k points
Unpopular opinion: One Wild Moment is the most overrated film of the decade
Look, I wanted to love One Wild Moment. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/flicks · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 4.1k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in One Wild Moment?
Just got out of One Wild Moment and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/boxoffice · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 3.6k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in One Wild Moment actually is?
Rewatched One Wild Moment last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/flicks · u/JumpCutJunkie🔥 2.3k points
Hot Take: One Wild Moment's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Director clearly thought One Wild Moment was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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