In Search of a Midnight Kiss

2007 "It's not just another kiss..."
7.2| 1h30m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 27 April 2007 Released
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Country: United States of America
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Broke and alone on New Year's Eve, Wilson just wants to spend the rest of a very bad year in bed. But, when his best friend convinces him to post a personal ad, he meets a woman bent on finding the right guy to be with at midnight.

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Drama, Comedy, Romance

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Alex Holdridge

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Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Leila Cherradi It is true : this movie grows on you, it is about love, and if you are open to it, you feel it.So why are the reviews here that are clearly negative about it get all the approvals? Maybe negativity is sexy? I personally kept thinking of that movie long after it was finished. It was so touching. And the sex scene was one of the best I've ever seen in a movie. It was moving : it felt real and it happened just the moment it had to happen, naturally, it was not just thrown there.Now I have some cons on this movie, especially just after seeing "The Good Dick" which scores here less than this. And I wonder why. Because here what is really really really great is the scenario and the actors but the camera, the lighting, and the sound are quite not my favorite. The black and white : it is not really clear why it is used, it looks so much like a Woody Allen movie that it feels like a copy. The camera points of views are not my favorite : sometimes the camera seems a bit far from what it shows. The sound was not my favorite : I really loved that some songs were really off cue, that was a delight, and what was not my favorite was when the actors where talking, it seemed like it was not on sync with the sound. The scene with the shoes was a good idea, but the way the shoes were filmed, it looked like the director just had put shoes here and there to film them. Again the angles and the distance of the camera were not my favorite. But let me end with my favorite : the actors are so real, the scenario is so great that each sentence leads to the next one, it is fabulous. And, after this movie, go see The Good Dick (and I've read a review about it here if you like).
dmanning9 What did I just watch? This is awful. Boring, annoying, and cringe worthy. I depressed guy posts an ad on Craigslist so he can met someone on New years eve. A women responds and they agree to meet. This woman is the most annoying person I have ever heard speak. She is rude, and vile. The worst part was I did not by her acting as a rude vile person. The guys looks like and acts like a total loser and apparently he is. Anyone who confesses he masturbated to his best friends g/f's photo is a really winner (insert eye roll). Why would anyone follow this girl around anyway, she tells him off time and time again but he still follows her around? Why? The movie was basically I bunch of talking, boring, mundane talking and walking around LA.
p-stepien To tell the truth I wasn't really expecting much from this indie romantic comedy. Much in the line of other great indie movies like "Clerks", "Before Sunrise" or "Walking and Talking" nothing much happens in this movie apart from a lot of talking. Wilson (Scoot McNairy), a scriptwriter going through a terrible patch in life, is caught jerking off to his best friend's girl photoshopped picture. This naturally is the newest low in his disastrously low last three months. More entertained than mad his pal convinces Wilson to sign up to a dating service as 'The Misanthrope' in an attempt to avoid him having to spend New Year's alone. His first hit is Vivian (Sara Simmonds), a Texan girl, who has just left her man and is out to dominate in an attempt to have a fun night out. After a not-so-good initial meeting the pair suddenly seem to start hitting it off... but will they last till midnight and the midnight kiss? Funny, honest and filled with those awkward moments that populate any real conversation this is a refreshing change of pace from most American movies. There is absolutely nothing to distract you from the picture in the shape of cinematography (which is adequate and somewhat amateurish), music and other such typical movie filler. Therefore the dialogues and interaction of characters has to work in order for the movie to hit home. Several times I felt the movie is close to falling off the edge, but time after time it miraculously pounces back to make a heartwarming and almost perfect finale. I must admire the script as a whole, although not all of the conversations really seemed to work and some scenes seemed forcibly overcooked.Scoot McNairy almost singlehandedly keeps this picture together with a commanding if reserved and exceptionally natural performance. The rest of the cast is OKish with Sara Simmonds sometimes giving in a strong performance, but multiple scenes she borders on being irritating and unlikeable. Somehow even when in danger of that happening the director with the aid of McNairy manages to put the movie back on track. And the last 15 minutes or so are really poignant and make the whole experience extremely worthwhile.
RickeeBoy I'm not going to go through what the movie is all about as others will do that far better, I only wish to describe the excellent Photography in the movie. It's a contrasty Black and White movie but if you read the reviews many don't even mention this or actually enjoy the B&W medium.The Director has used every trick in the still photographers book to direct your eye where he wants them by the use of background lines / settings and / or a myriad of other best practices . As the camera is constantly on the 2 leads, this therefore makes the movie really about 2 people and luckily the actors are great so the movie works really well.If you watch it with a photographers head on then it's all a little bit over the top BUT at the end of the day the B&W and his settings along with the urban environment adds to the film.( also the actual photography portion in the film as the Director semi parodies himself.) The Director has made this contrasty film work well – Watch it for scenes and the touching story ( and the backgrounds ) - It's great.Give yourself a treat and simply watch all the scenes to see how to use the backgrounds to best effect.Any still B&W Photographer will appreciate this film..