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The movie is heart warming and full of hope. Robert Downey,JR playing a gay man with AIDS is phenomenal and well worth seeing the picture. Under-rated by critics i found it compelling and very moving. It shows a very shapley Wesley Snipes playing a very sympathetic role, different for him, plus the best friend of Robert Downey Jr,

One would think with this interesting cast, this flick would have been at the very least, "rent worthy". Was very disappointed in the lack of depth to the characters and relationships. Not one grabbed me enough to care what happened to any of them---the relationships and characters themselves.

The opening 5 minutes was the best of the film and then it just dragged on from that point forward. There was no credible chemistry between any of the characters, which was a shame. The only reason to rent this film is to see Ming Na's breasts, if that's what you fancy; otherwise, I wouldn't even bother. (And I love Robert Downey Jr. as an actor; but this was definitely not one of his best roles.)

LEAVING LAS VEGAS affected me like almost no other movie has, so I was bound to find this film somewhat of a let-down, but even I was surprised by how much. In his other films, Figgis has demonstrated he's a master with mood and atmosphere, and he's good here as well. The scene where Max and Karen first meet is nicely played, without too much foreshadowing thrown in. But this is a conventional plot, and try as he might, Figgis isn't able to make it interesting enough. And as much as I hate Joe Eszterhas (whose screenplay this is re-written from), I can't imagine his ending was any worse (or maybe this was his ending).

I'm not a big fan of Kinski to begin with, but to be fair, she has almost nothing to work with, and she does try. And I like Ming-Na Wen, but she's also stuck, she with a too-unsympathetic character. The men come off better; Snipes and MacLachlan are good, but really, the main reason this is worth watching is Robert Downey Jr., who avoids cliche even when his character is dying. Otherwise, you're left wondering, what the hell was the purpose here?

The title of this movie(One Night Stand) may suggest that it's about "Cheating" but is something else,is about an instant attraction,the things occur spontaneously between Karen(Ms Kinski )and Max(Wesley Snipes)THEN just a memory of that perfect woman,then the re- encounter,the desire and passion appears again and then…surprise!LOVE!

Max and Karen are drawn together with both of them finding something in each other that had been lacking in their own relationships BUT is Robert Downey jr who steals the show HE IS THE GLUE that represents human connection in the film,believe me HE ROCKS!!!.Wonderful performances by the cool Wesley Snipes,Ming Na Wen,Nastassja Kinski(she is so smooth!!!),OK I got to say something about this actress,Kinski,she's a true woman.She doesn't has the vulgarity of Jennifer Lopez(Oops!).

I also liked the two sex scenes of our protagonist with this two woman(the difference of how they make love…),even the film has some cameos from Ione Skye(remember that actress of Say Anything?);His real life brother ,the musician Donovan Leitch,OK Mike Figgis is the Director but he also is responsible of the wonderful music in this film.

I hate to say it,but Roger Ebert was right in saying that Kinski has the best line of the movie: "What do you do, Karen?" asks Mimi(Max's wife). And she replies: "I'm a rocket scientist."

I am not that big a fan of wesley snipes but he seems to pull this role of okay. I don't really like the film that much either but when it comes on TV i never miss it because of Robert Downey Jr. His role as a man dying of AIDS touched me deeply. It deserved a best supporting actor nomination from the academy. He is the only real comic relief too. with a lift of his eyebrow he can make you chuckle and can express all those feelings without words. Horrible film, But Downey is great. I can't forget to mention at the beginning when Snipes is visiting Downey at that studio, the cinematography is amazing, that dance idea is pure brilliance with the ballerina and then cutting back to Downey in a god like stance.