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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: The leaps of faith Midnight Kiss demands are many. Among them: If Vivian acts the way she does on their arranged date, why does Wilson worry about impressing her, even for a second, even on New Year's Eve? Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Smart dialogue, an impeccably crafted story, and eye-catching LA locations make this low-budget feature by Alex Holdridge the most worthwhile date movie I've seen in some time. Read more
Ted Fry, Seattle Times: Writer/director Alex Holdridge maintains the intrigue of Wilson and Vivian's dance through a combination of naturalistic dialogue and a magical-realist style. Read more
Noel Murray, AV Club: In Search Of A Midnight Kiss shows enough flashes of brightness that its more conventional business is all the more dispiriting. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This is the rare movie about the start of something interesting that happens to look a lot like the end of the world. Read more
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: If it were a parody of relationship-youth pictures, In Search of a Midnight Kiss would maybe be tolerable, but writer-director Alex Holdridge seems to be playing it with a straight face. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: In Search of a Midnight Kiss is a surprising charmer, a wandering modern romantic comedy with enough bittersweet aftertaste to give it substance and enough wit to keep you entertained. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Turns into an Internet Age version of Before Sunrise. Read more
Kevin Craft, Miami Herald: The film never finds an original voice or qualifies its tagline (It's not just another kiss), but it is more enjoyable than most New Year's Eve celebrations. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: Holdridge shows talent, as do his leads, but along with money for popcorn, bring patience. Read more
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: To praise the beauty of this film is not enough; what lends it tension is that it's wrapped around people for whom beauty is at best an anachronism and at worst an embarrassing joke. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: By the end, Holdridge has captured the bittersweet complexities of romance with a wisdom that proves surprisingly seductive. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: Holdridge and his cast are going to get a lot of attention on Wilshire Boulevard. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: In Search of a Midnight Kiss overcomes patches of overwriting to end up as a film well worth watching, and Mr. Holdridge as a writer-director to be remembered for future reference. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: One of those raunchy-funny, smart and bittersweet no-budget movies that restores your faith in indie film. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: What follows - walking, talking, flirting, fighting - is a charming piece of low-budget, improv-y filmmaking in the tradition of Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: In Search of a Midnight Kiss is wonderfully romantic and romantically bittersweet. It's not about forever; it's about now. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: In Search of a Midnight Kiss isn't a homage or a recycling job. It's a film with its own organic existence, its own reason for being. It is ultimately a very true and moving story. Read more
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: An offbeat looking-for-love comedy with enough fresh notes to please even jaded viewers. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: How incongruous that while veteran studio heads prepare slates of comic book movies, the slackers behind this $12,000 gem have made one of the most mature films of the year. Read more
Anna King, Time Out: She's all long blond hair and cigarettes; he's scruffy and affable. But they're no Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy; the dynamic between the pair is often flat. Read more
Dennis Harvey, Variety: Midnight Kiss is one of those movies that gradually charms the viewer into strong identification with initially off-putting characters. Read more
Mike Mayo, Washington Post: Despite some scenes that have the feel of an acting or writing workshop, these are believable, complex characters. Their story has a full measure of Judd Apatow raunch, with a dash of Swingers emotional sweetness. Read more