On New Year's Eve of 1999, Minnie Vernon discovers a bottle of time travelling tequila, each shot takes her back to the start of the night -- giving her a bottle's worth of shots to win back her old flame Joe, and change the course of her millennium life.[2]
It had its world premiere at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival and was released on Stan on October 12, 2025.
Plot
Minnie Vernon is in her mid 30s on New Year's Eve of 1999. A hospital anaesthesiologist, she inadvertantly discovers that her ex-fiancé Cameron, who she had split from after many years, is there for his child's birth. Shocked, as at the time he did not want kids, he points out that Minnie's sleeping with her former college boyfriend Joe is the reason for the break up.
Unsatisfied with her life, as all her peers seem to be doing better than her (since her last two relationship disasters she has been living on her friend Flick and Max's pull-out sofa bed), she unenthusiastically goes to Rodney's New Year's party with them as she discovers Joe's back from New York.
Minnie wields a 10-year-old bottle of tequila with her, which she later discovers causes time travelling. Pia, Rodney's IT wife, fears the Y2K conspiracy, which Rodney teases her about. Minnie is shocked to meet Joe's American girlfriend Jenny.
After Minnie whinges on the balcony to Flick-Max about Jenny and they do not back her up, she tries to stomp back into the party. Not realising the sliding-glass door is closed, she bangs her nose into it. Joe hurries to help Minnie. As he is helping her in the bathroom, he moves to kiss her but she pulls back. Minnie then moves to kiss him, but Joe then pulls back.
Returning to the party, three of the former college mates (Rodney, Joe and Flick) are reminiscing about their Mexico trip of a decade ago. As they count down to midnight, the lights go out at 12. Pia panics, then Rodney jokingly turns the electricity back on. Minnie unhappily realises Joe has gotten down on one knee to propose to Jenny.
Minnie takes a swig of tequila, ending up at the door of the house again. As scenes repeat over again, she confides in Flick, who mentions Y2K. Minnie approaches Pia, agreeing that the Y2K conspiracy must be true, who then shows the supplies and millions in cash she has stashed.
Each shot takes her back to the start of the night -- giving her a bottle's worth of shots to win back her old flame Joe, and change the course of her millennium life.[3]
The film is directed by Nicholas Clifford. The script is from Alice Foulcher and Gregory Erdstein, with Virginia Whitwell and Nick Batzias producing for GoodThing Productions, alongside Truce Films' Jim Wright and Elise Trenorden. Protagonist Pictures joined the project in February 2025.[4]
On Screen Anarchy, Peter Martin calling it "an entirely satisfying experience" and describied Emily Browning performance as "effervescent".[11] On The Guardian, Luke Buckmaster rated it 3/5 stars, writing that "there's nothing tremendously exciting or distinctive about One More Shot – but (...) It’s pleasantly derivative."[12]
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