IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS

[Moviefan1234]

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Studio: IFC FILMS

Director: Alex Holdridge

Screenwriter: Alex Holdridge

Starring: Scoot McNairy, Sara Simmonds, Brian Matthew McGuire, Katy Luong, Bret Roberts, Twink Caplan

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Premise: "In Search of a Midnight Kiss" is a funny and bittersweet look at love, sex, and modern romance. With an unsold script, no concrete plans, and a love life reduced to getting caught in compromising positions (alone!), a twenty-nine-year aspiring writer, Wilson (Scoot McNairy) just had the worst year of his life. That is until his best friend, Jacob (Brian Matthew McGuire), browbeats him into posting a personal ad for New Year's Eve on Craig's List. When Vivian (Sara Simmonds), a sexy, sarcastic, and seemingly blind-date-from-hell responds, the two strangers embark on an unexpected, chaotic, and hilariously awkward journey through the black-and-white streets of Los Angeles hoping to meet the right one before the stroke of midnight. A truly original love letter to Los Angeles, "In Search of a Midnight Kiss" captures a lost downtown rarely seen on screen along with the hearts of critics and audiences alike.

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I've been looking forward to this for quite some time. The very best thing in life is finding your one true love, and I love films that tell stories about it. This looks excellent, and the buzz is extremely positive. IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS looks excellent.

[mrsilkunderwear]

Wow this looks really good. Here is the trailer
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/insearchofamidnightkiss/trailer/

[Lazy Boy]

8/10

Comparisons between this and the Before Sunrise/Before Sunset films are inevitable; two people meet (cute) and, chit for chat, find themselves wandering around the gorgeous natural setting of the local city, before getting to drop the fortress walls which hinder them and become truly in love with one another. In the wonderful Linklater films, it was a Francophile's dream vacation come true; here, the city of Angels is given a whole new look, due in part to a black and white cinematic beauty that really makes this film different from the hipster norm. It's almost a Wim Wenders by way of Edward Hopper. The characters felt real, the acting was great -- the writer/director and the cast and crew are all close friends dating back to their Texas roots, and it shows in the natural chemistry the two leads have with one another. Plus, it's funny as hell, with a roommate providing his thesis that Asian women are the ones who want sex the most, will pop holes in the condom just to get pregnant and obtain a green card. The conversation isn't overly written, it flows naturally. By the course of the film, the rather brash girl and the rather introvert guy are really appealing characters, a successful (for the audience) turnaround after initial impressions remain fleeting (he pleasures himself with a pic of his roommate's girlfriend, she with her acid tongue and insulting barbs).

It's not a perfect film, of course. There's the notion that, while not everybody finds who they are looking for, the "beautiful people" eventually wind up with whom they were meant to be, whilst those on the fringes (i.e. heavyset, boring and having inane jobs, i.e. termite business) will find themselves once again spending another night bringing in the new year by their self-pitying, loathing selves. I also thought that the decision at the end by one character didn't make sense, as it wasn't a truly dire situation and it felt like added gravitas...over nothing.

But, if you're looking for a good, small, small (and I mean it!) small film, than give this one a look see. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is my favorite mainstream "disaster" relationship movie, this is my favorite shoestring version of that story. L.A., as one character says, is where people's relationships come to die. A talented bunch of passionate filmmakers came here and they made something that lives, breathes and moves with the music of the nightlife. There are a thousand stories to tell in the city, and none so lasting once you leave the theater as this.