In Search of a Midnight Kiss (movie)

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Making a good relationship movie can't be any easier than making a good relationship. The proof is in the watery little indie " In Search of a Midnight Kiss." It wanders and putters and follows its main characters around the Silver Lake, Los Feliz and...

People tend to be of two minds about New Year's Eve. Those with a significant other think nothing of it. Those without see the coming of the new year as an annual cause for despair. (As this film points out in the opening, the number of personal ads on...

Hollywood, it often seems, has forgotten how to make romantic comedies. But you can still find love in the independent cinema, thanks to the winning and budget-conscious In Search of a Midnight Kiss. Imagine Before Sunrise with dialogue and situations...

"Misanthrope seeks misanthrope" -- so reads the Craigslist ad placed by Wilson (Scoot McNairy) on the morning of New Year's Eve. A self-described "lonely hunker-down type," Wilson is new to Los Angeles, where he has moved to become a screenwriter, and...

" In Search of a Midnight Kiss" unfolds in the manner of so many homegrown indie films you think you've seen before: first-person voiceover, coy observations about love, tastefully but not mind-blowingly framed shots. The voiceover belongs to Wilson...

(2 1/2 STARS) (unrated) PLOT On New Year's Eve, two might-be lovers walk the mean streets of love and L.A. LENGTH 1:38 PLAYING AT At IFC Center and the Clearview 62nd and Broadway, Manhattan. BOTTOM LINE Overload of charm, shortage of plot mark this...