The Screening Room of Romance: Cinematic Literalism in Midnight at the Paradise versus Cinematic Illiteracy in Love’s Second Act

At first glance, Vanessa Matsui’s independent drama Midnight at the Paradise (2022) and Sam Irvin’s made-for-television romance Love’s Second Act (2024) share a striking narrative blueprint: both u…

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Midnight at the Paradise turns out to be profoundly shallow, but then it never said it was deep. The heroine’s father is a movie critic who “always” said, “It’s a movie. Let it be a movie.” Words to live by, as far as writer Bill Robertson and director Vanessa Matsui are concerned.
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Midnight at the Paradise (2022)

Midnight at the Paradise turns out to be profoundly shallow, but then it never said it was deep. The heroine’s father is a movie critic who “always” said, “It’s a movie. Let it be a movie.” Words t…

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