A Kiss at Midnight

I admit that I only watched this because I love Cameron Daddo and interviewed him some years ago, circa 1998. He's as delightful as he is handsome.

"A Kiss at Midnight" is a typical Hallmark movie. It's very sweet, about two matchmakers (Faith Ford and Daddo) who meet thanks to the efforts of the man's two daughters.

Even if it's not the greatest story in the world, it certainly has a likable cast. Besides Daddo and Ford, Dyan Cannon is on hand as Ford's mom, who gets together with Hal Linden. The daughters are very cute as well.

Predictable but very pleasant.

Here it is 2023. And I find this movie from 2008.. 15 years.

I Didn't expect much, just something to pass the time before work.

But, Surprise, surprise... I became engrossed in the characters, the story, and the back story of each.

Now, In this later world of cynicism and doubt, I took a look back to a different time I had lived. I looked back at basic beliefs, friendships, and what family means- if you are really open to life and it's possibilities.

Then this movie-A well written, directed, and acted small gift of entertainment....with its own view of possibilities. So, if you too need a small reason for a real smile or two: Try it. You just might like it in spite of yourself. I did.

i loved it, it was lots of fun and i thought the couple had immediate chemistry, plus his daughters were super cute!

i love how they both have clearly different personality, everything flowed flawlessly for a hallmark film until the end where they rushed it a bit with your typical extreme situation that brings everyone back together in the nick of time but really its a quibble in the overall fact that i enjoyed it, i even clapped at the end!

sometimes you're just in the mood for a wholesome love story that the whole family can watch without worrying about inappropriate scenes and language, also i thought it was very interesting take showing the personal lives and struggles of the people behind these online matchmaking business, kinda reminded me of "you've got mail"

I thought this approach was a little bit on the different side. First with the leads coming from different approaches to matchmaking and then throw in the kids' involvement. Certainly there are many movies out there where the child or children of one lead somehow bring the couple together, but in this case, they really get hands on andscreen the profiles themselves and conspire with their choice.

A hidden secret or lie is a common plot device, but in this movie it's handled a little differently both in how it creates the conflict and how it's revealed. I'm not sure how you can say that the climax is predictable. Certainly the result is what you always expect from Levinson and Hallmark, but I don't see how you could have predicted the climatic crisis. Then things wrap up pretty quickly. This movie resists tying up every little detail, which is refreshing, but maybe that's more how they did things a decade ago.

Faith Ford creates a likeable Susan. The period of bliss is short before the conflict so there was some chemistry with Cameron Daddo but not enough in my book. My take on the reason there was not enough is because Susan and Josh's story was diluted by Susan's mom's story which saps screen time from the main event. The movie had two well known veteran stars in Hal Linden and Dyan Cannon and it had to use them.

Completely side note: the older daughter haunted me many times from certain angles, shades of Maisie Williams .