There's enough wit and tenderness here to put many a bloated Hollywood movie to shame.

| Nov 13, 2020

It's Mr. Holdridge's third film, though, and an experienced filmmaker should offer us more than just brief glimpses of talent.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 13, 2018

In Search of a Midnight Kiss oozes charm.

| Aug 21, 2017

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.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 6, 2015

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2011

It's a great feeling, isn't it, falling in love with a movie about falling in love?

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 26, 2008

Alex Holdridge has written and directed a sweet, funny little indie movie.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 18, 2008

In Search Of A Midnight Kiss shows enough flashes of brightness that its more conventional business is all the more dispiriting.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 18, 2008

There is no magic here. This is not Paris, these are not Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, and Holdridge's script does not give us a reason to care what happens to these characters.

| Oct 18, 2008

Holdridge is clever enough to keep his characters from slipping into outright narcissism, or when they do, he's familiar enough with the art of mainstream moviemaking to balance the exhausted with the ecstatic.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 18, 2008

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2008

An offbeat looking-for-love comedy with enough fresh notes to please even jaded viewers.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2008

Shot in black and white and edited extremely well, Kiss is funny and consistently credible.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2008

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.

| Original Score: B | Sep 19, 2008

Shockingly bad.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 12, 2008

Writer/director Alex Holdridge maintains the intrigue of Wilson and Vivian's dance through a combination of naturalistic dialogue and a magical-realist style.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 12, 2008

A naturalistic mix of vulgarity and romanticism gives this independent effort a mainstream appeal.

| Original Score: B | Sep 11, 2008