Every Kirk Douglas Movie Ranked Worst To Best

In this steamy 1975 romantic drama, Kirk Douglas plays Mike Wayne, an aging movie producer whose best days are behind him. Desperate to continue his high-priced lifestyle, he enters into a marriage of convenience with wealthy socialite Deidre Granger. But when Wayne's daughter January returns to New York City from school abroad, she's distraught to find her father wed to the overbearing, thoughtless, and cruel Granger. Directionless, and exposed to New York's decadent lifestyle for the first time, January explores a free-spirited night life, eventually partnering with a rival of her father's, which estranges her from him.

As Wayne's relationship with Granger turns sour, so too do January's poor decisions come home to roost. Though interesting at first glance for delving into controversial subject matter, "Once Is Not Enough" is a flat, lifeless romance story that was met with groans from critics, including the The New York Times. The paper lambasted the film so heavily that their review itself turned into a multiple choice joke, with the conclusion that it was "ludicrous, bad, terrible, [or] horrendous."