One More Shot (2025 film)

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One More Shot
One More Shot 2025 poster.jpg
Promotional release poster
Directed byNicholas Clifford
Screenplay by Alice Foulcher
Gregory Erdstein
Produced by
  • Virginia Whitwell
  • Jim Wright
  • Elise Trenorden
  • Nick Batzias
Starring
CinematographySimon Ozolins
Edited byJulie-Anne De Ruvo
Music byJustin Stanley
Production
companies
  • Stan
  • GoodThing Productions
  • Truce Films
Distributed byONE12 Productions
Release dates
  • March 7, 2025 (2025-03-07)(SXSW)
  • October 12, 2025 (2025-10-12)(Stan)
Running time
91 minutes [1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

One More Shot is a 2025 Australian time-loop comedy directed by Nicholas Clifford and written by Alice Foulcher and Gregory Erdstein. The film stars Emily Browning.

Contents

It had its world premiere at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival and was released on Stan on October 12, 2025.

Premise

It is New Year's Eve of 1999 and Minnie 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]

Cast

Production

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. [3]

The cast is led by Emily Browning and also includes Aisha Dee, Sean Keenan, Pallavi Sharda and Ashley Zukerman. [4]

Principal photography took place in Victoria, Australia, and was completed by early 2025. [5]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival. [6] It also featured at the 2025 Melbourne International Film Festival. [7] The film was released on Stan on October 12, 2025. [8]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 70% of 10 critics' reviews are positive. [9]

On Screen Anarchy , Peter Martin calling it "an entirely satisfying experience" and describied Emily Browning performance as "effervescent". [10] 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." [11]

See also

References

  1. "One More Shot (15)". British Board of Film Classification . September 24, 2025. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  2. Abdullah, Immy (February 18, 2025). "Stan celebrates 10 years of original Australian entertainment with monumental line-up of new shows and movies". Nine. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  3. Slatter, Sean (February 8, 2025). "Protagonist Pictures boards Nicholas Clifford's 'One More Shot', starring Emily Browning". If.com. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  4. Whittock, Jesse (February 17, 2025). "Stan Slate: Lydia West, Liv Hewson & Brooke Satchwell Leading Originals For Australian Streamer". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  5. "One More Shot: Stan's Australian time-travel romcom finishes shooting". Screenhub.com. January 11, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  6. Tabbara, Mona (February 7, 2025). "Protagonist Pictures boards SXSW romantic comedy 'One More Shot' starring Emily Browning (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  7. "STAN Original Rom-Com ONE MORE SHOT starring Emily Browning, Aisha Dee and Pallavi Sharda". Filmink.com.au. February 9, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  8. "A TIME-TRAVELLING BOTTLE OF TEQUILA? IT'S PARTY TIME". Stan. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
  9. "One More Shot". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved October 12, 2025.
  10. Martin, Peter (March 7, 2025). "SXSW 2025 Review: ONE MORE SHOT, Emily Browning vs. Time Traveling Tequila". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  11. Buckmaster, Luke. "One More Shot review – what if you could turn back time … via a magical tequila?". The Guardian. Retrieved September 22, 2025.