ThiefHott Too much of everything

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Abbigail Bush what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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).

adi_2002 Wilson, a man almost thirty years is alone on the night of the New Year. He has fantasies with Min, girlfriend of Jacob. It recommended that he put an ad on a popular dating site and is contacted by Vivian, a rebellious girl, strict and that seems to want to do everything in a very big hurry. After they met between the two occur events which reveals that they could match but not before he take her out to dinner in a fancy restaurant and being put in a position to talk to her former boyfriend from witch receives threats and so he have to rush to help her go home to recover some things before Jack comes and gives them fire. Did this for then to go to the party where his friend Jacob will propose marriage to Min. Things take a strange turn when she jumps on him to kiss but he then rejects her. He tells Vivian what happened but it does not upset because both understand the situation and what they wanted exactly happens will not be alone New Year's Eve and eventually Wilson finds what he wanted, the most desired midnight kiss. Although the action takes place in December, in the winter, I have not seen even a snowflake not an inch of snow on the streets and do not know why it was filmed in black and white. Maybe it was hiding the fact that the outside was another season? Anyway a good movie about love differently than others seen so far from where we can learn something because it can happen in real life.

tieman64 The "Mumblecore" genre refers to a relatively recent wave of ultra low budget films which explore relationships between young adults, utilise 16mm or digital cameras, and copy the styles of Cassavetes, Fassbinder, Crowe, Linklater and Kevin Smith.In an attempt to draw mainstream attention, most of these films hide a rather saccharine, Hollywood plot beneath their gritty exteriors, and "In Search Of A Midnight Kiss" is no different. Written and directed by Alex Holdridge, the film follows a 29 year old guy called Wilson (endearingly played by Scoot McNairy), a failed screenwriter whose friends set him up on a blind date with Vivian (played with vulnerability by Sara Simmonds), a failed actress.Upon meeting Vivian, Wilson is initially put off by her rock hard exterior. Their first encounter plays like an audition or business meeting, Vivian quickly sizing Wilson up and then offering him 24 hours with her. If they don't hit it off by then, they'll cut the ropes. No questions asked. Wilson agrees.Gradually, however, the external defences of both characters are broken down. It becomes clear that they're both lonely, neither wanting to be alone at midnight as its New Years Eve. And so we watch as they walk and talk (shades of "Two Days In Paris", "Four Nights Of A Dreamer", "In The City of Sylvia", "Before Sunset", "Before Sunrise" etc), eavesdropping on their conversations and sharing their intimate moments.The film's surface romance is cute and engaging, Holdrige inserting enough raunchy jokes to undercut any gooey sentimentality and enough emotion to elevate the crassness. But it's the stuff behind the surface plot that's more interesting. For example, the film is implicitly about the romance of film-making and the pain of being stuck in the world of low budget indies. Holdrige's film is subconsciously autobiographical, romanticising theatre houses, cameras and his love for actresses, but juggling these pleasures with a kind of grungy cynicism, the lowly screenwriter stuck with a pregnant actress in an LA filled with derelict theatre houses. Despite its grasps for mainstream attention, this is a sad film about being resigned to the fate of the lowly digital camera.Which is why it is bizarre that every review of this film praises its black and white photography. There are two versions of "In Search Of A Midnight Kiss", one in supposedly "ugly" digital colour and one in supposedly "beautiful" and "glossy" black-and-white, which reviewers inappropriately compare to Woody Allen's "Manhattan". But the truth is, it is the colour version of the film that is far more beautiful. The digital footage looks poorly lit, grungy, flat, but conveys an intimacy, a special ambiance, reality and rawness which the slick, glossy black-and-white version, which was cynically calculated to appeal to mainstream audiences and art house crowds, does not.8/10 – Though too heavily indebted to Linklater (amongst others), the film nevertheless works well. Note - stick to the colour release. Sensualists like Mann and Lynch have proved the powers of digital. Audiences need to catch up to digital's intimacy and stop avoiding it.Worth one viewing.

Nighthawk1 With a micro budget and a cast of no name stars this is a film that will go unnoticed by many and almost will be ignored by the masses due to its micro budget and lack of advertising. It's obvious that a lot of effort and care has been put into the making of this very involving film. Hopefully, it will beat the odds and find a wide and appreciative audience. It was certainly a pleasure watching such an engaging and enjoyable low budget romantic drama. A huge contrast in comparison to mindless big budget movies. The wonderful and well developed script was integral to this movie. The plot centers around a depressed writer and an eccentric girl who meet on New Years Eve after she answers his ad on Craigslist. Although, somewhat draggy in the middle the movie really picks as it goes along hitting it's mark on a perfect note at the end. Some moments of comedy occasionally come off as amateurish. Thankfully, this is not the focus of the movie. It's very emotionally open, honest and frank. More often than not the movie feels genuine in the way that the storyline develops and eventually concludes. Budget constraints are noticeable but don't significantly detract from the production.