Mike Figgis, the director of Leaving
Las Vegas, brings us another bummer of a love story with One
Night Stand. Max (Wesley Snipes) is a sell-out director of
TV commercials who has a brief affair with Karen (Nastassja Kinski)
on a business trip to New York. When he returns to L.A. he has
an epiphany: His life sucks. His wife is annoying. His job is
degrading. To top it off, his best friend Charlie (Robert Downey
Jr.) is dying of AIDS, and the sight of Charlie's suffering reminds
Max that life is brief and death is final. Figgis has a great
visual sense, but this movie is filled with silly coincidences
and mean-spirited characterizations. Figgis treats Max's marriage
and family life with such animosity that it's hard to believe
love is possible for this guy at all, even with Nastassja Kinski.
--Richter
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