Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Some colleagues of mine raved over this film when they saw it on the festival circuit, and then the DVD/VOD release was held up in limbo for years by IFC after an initial theatrical release. I can see why. The movie failed in its limited release, although, granted, most independent films do without stars in the cast. But this film has nothing inspired in it. Not the acting. Not the directing. Not the writing. Nothing to recommend, and if a film in theaters isn't recommended, it will die.Whoever ended up releasing this to DVD and TV in the U.S., whether IFC or another company, was clearly not confident, because they decided to colorize the film. This is ONLY done to make a B&W film more acceptable to an American Public -- which they must have felt they had to do to sell it.Perhaps the writer/director of this film has talent, I don't know. It was not present here, save for a couple of very early scenes in the film.Some of the biggest issues with this story, is that "story logic" is missing. We are given a "real" story, and then must suspend our disbelief at the absolute stupidity of the main character. The girl he meets and then starts spending the day with? After she flips out over a confession the guy makes -- after she insisted they each make a confession -- and the ensuing actions include her hitting the guy in the face... what man who is not totally F'ed up is going to chase her through the streets of LA? Which belies one of the other main issues of this story: There is NO ONE in this film that most people can identify with. Not the psychotic girl, not the (apparently) pu**y-whipped guy, not even the guy's roommate who is also a wimpy, clingy, pu**y-whipped guy. If this was a comedy, okay, maybe that could work. But it's not a comedy.Back to story logic. There are numerous other things that make absolutely NO sense, that no guy in his right mind would do -- yet our "hero" does. After the chase mentioned above and they're together again, it's evening, and the girl's ex keeps calling her cell phone. This bothers our hero, and INSTEAD of him suggesting she just turn the phone's ringer off, he insists she answer the phone and put a stop to it. What guy in his right mind -- on New Year's Eve and after having already gone through a lot with this girl already -- is going to throw caution to the wind and insist she speak to her ex? How could anyone think this would go well? And of course it doesn't.Later, once various issues are resolved, we're now back at the guy's apartment. He and the girl arrive, he turns on the music, gets some wine and hits the "play" button on his message machine. Okaaaaay. You finally have a girl in your home after 6 years of no dating, it's New Year's Eve, and now you're going to listen to phone messages that will be audible to the girl? Are you F'en nuts??So this is the character we are supposed to be able to, if not identify with in some way, at least have empathy for. Well, I had none. And while this particular actor apparently works a lot now, he did nothing in his performance to pull me in. I wasn't rooting for him, I wasn't rooting for anyone, I simply didn't care about any of these wimpy (and in the case of the girl, psychotic) people. Hey, I'm all for sensitive characters in film. But not self-pitiers / whiners. This movie is not worth your 100 minutes.

I was sucked into watching this by the glowing User Reviews/high Rating, and was extremely disappointed. The Romance, was pathetic. The Comedy, was non-existent. Think Jerry Springer, meets newbie LA Losers. The only redeeming thing, was the LA locations; they were not cliché.Spoiler alert: The main male character is the definition of 'Loser'. "Suicidal"; Living with his best friend; "smoking bongs"; claiming to be a 'Writer', but writing nothing (lost the only thing he ever wrote); no job, and hasn't looked;, no relationship; neurotic mother; no money; no car; not attractive, or nice body .... basically, nothing going for him. He's not even a good friend (he masturbates to pictures of his best friends girlfriend). He places a vague 'dark' ad on Craig's List (notorious for hook-ups and Escorts). So far, great potential for a comedic character, but he is just tragic!A woman, who claims to be obese, and into Bondage, calls him. She refuses to send him a picture, and claims she is meeting three other guys that very afternoon. He has such low self-esteem, he goes anyways (Ha Ha ha!). He borrows his friend's car to go meet her. She is just a nasty piece of work. Her only redeeming quality, she is mildly pretty. Here is where I regret not turning off the movie. If she was obese, and into S&M, this might have been very funny (e.g. John Waters film). She is an extremely selfish (she disappears for days, and does not return her mother's, or ex's, phone calls ... has a guy travel 90 minutes to meet her on New Years Eve, and dismisses him within seconds, because he has kids); Illiterate; Drinks vodka in the mornings (and she is pregnant); breaks promises; goes through his pockets; asks the main character to be honest, and when he is, runs away; Slaps him (Why is it, when a woman gets emotional, and slaps a man, it is acceptable?) ... I would have walked away from her in the opening scene!!!If the guy was less of a loser, and better looking, and the girl was not a total Beeiotch ... this could have been better (e.g. Masturbation scenes can be very funny (e.g. Something about Mary, American Pie) ... but when you pity the person, and are not just embarrassed for them, it is not funny. Kind of like how a cartoon Coyote getting hurt is funny, but a real Coyote getting hurt is not.I actually pity the people who thought this was Romantic and Realistic ... they need to get out more often ... or maybe they just buy into the belief unattractive Losers, should put up with anything, to get laid, and not be alone on New Year's Eve. The positive reviews can't all be by friends and family of the production?!?!P.S. I also hated how she repeatedly told him she was not having sex with him, and berated him for being responsible and bringing condoms ... and then she has unprotected sex with him, cries, and calls a taxi?!?!

Alex Holdridge's film 'In Search of a Midnight Kiss' begins as the tale of a loser going on a date with a beautiful, painfully hip, but neurotic girl. This suggests a certain type of movie will follow; but as he gains confidence, and her act slips, a balance grows between them, they start flirting and the film soon starts to resemble Richard Linklater's 'Before Sunrise' (in fact, the resemblance only grows the longer the film lasts). In fact, I hated that film, but here, the characters are less self-regarding and the film has genuinely funny dialogue, coupled with interesting black and white photography, soppy indie guitar music (regulation for this type of film, but nonetheless effective) and a comic vision reminiscent of early Hal Hartley. If I have one criticism, it's that the sentimental mood that gradually takes the movie over possibly starts too soon; it's nicely done, but the film is at it's best before it settles into this comfort zone. This doesn't mean it isn't a humorous, romantic and artistic film.

For the first time in a movie, you'll see LA as is from the point of view of the common people, and You will most certainly see your own city. You'll see LA, just like any other place in the world and the bright white light during the day that completely annuls the magic the cities have by night. Just like you and me, the people in the story live their own lives, very common lives. They all follow their dreams, but up to a certain point. In everyone's life there has been a certain point in time where we had to choose either to pursue our dreams further or to accept what we have and stay with the one we love. Once you make a commitment and you are no longer on your own, you share your life with your partner, you'll find it even more difficult to make the carrier you dreamed of. As much as I can see, the story is based on events that follow a break-up (or shell I say 'during a break-up')... So, after a break-up of a long relationship, one finds himself in front of a crossroad, not knowing which way to go. Most of us will spend some time trying to get back, but usually that's not an option. Sooner you realize you are on the tracks of getting your life back, better it is... Anyway, the characters in the film seem to have found one another going through a similar faze in life, and obviously fell in love with each other. Unfortunately, you'll see, it is not possible for them to stay together, as, they both have their own lives to go back to. The time these two characters spent together, during their break-ups with their regular partners, reminds us of all the crazy things we can do when we're single, and shows how little inhibits us from living a normal life and having fun. In fact, the events that take place during the break-up are the ones worth making a movie.