Midnight Talks is proof that Polish cinema, when it pulls out all the stops, can be just as fatuous as the best of Hollywood. This Warsaw-set romantic comedy about a gorgeous sculptor called Matylda (Magdalena R?zczka) who wants to meet a sperm donor has vague shades of Knocked Up and Maybe Baby but without any invention of its own. Instead, strictly following the rom-com playbook, the relationship-averse Matylda meets the taciturn chef Bartek (Marcin Dorocinski, the Polish Dougray Scott), and in her attempt to get pregnant by “using” Bartek she must avoid falling in love with a man who is sensitive, can cook, owns his own huge apartment and is fantastic in bed. Oh, the humanity!
The movie’s bizarre use of McDonald’s as a dating hotspot and a signifier of contemporary chic is very Iron Curtain, and kind of sweet too.
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