A Kiss at Midnight

The film begins on New Year's Eve with Susan Flowers, a successful but single matchmaker who runs 'Hearts & Flowers,' celebrating her clients' successes while feeling the sting of her own loneliness. She makes a written resolution: to find the perfect man and share a kiss at midnight by the next New Year's Eve. Meanwhile, Josh Sherman, the CEO of the corporate dating giant Romance-4-You.com, is a widower who has neglected his social life to focus on his two daughters, Jennifer and Cassie. The girls, realizing their father needs a partner, secretly use his company's compatibility software to find him a match, eventually selecting Susan's profile. Susan, however, has only joined the site to conduct 'undercover research' for an exposé on her blog, 'Susan's Heart Hints,' intending to prove that computers cannot replace the human touch in matchmaking. Josh's daughters orchestrate an 'accidental' meeting at the Tumbleweed Stables, where Susan is visiting and Cassie is riding her favorite horse, Snowflake. Josh and Susan hit it off immediately, bonded by their shared love for an obscure 80s band called The Golden Owls. As they begin dating, Susan's mother, Kay, returns from a cruise with a boisterous new husband named Arthur, whose loud personality and bad jokes initially grate on Susan. This subplot mirrors Susan's own struggle to open her heart to someone unexpected. As Susan and Josh grow closer, the girls struggle to keep their meddling a secret, and Josh remains vague about his 'diverse business interests' to avoid professional conflict. The relationship hits a breaking point when Susan discovers Josh's true identity as the CEO of the company she is publicly attacking. Feeling betrayed and believing Josh was using her for corporate sabotage, she severs ties. The conflict reaches a climax when Cassie, distraught over the breakup and the news that her favorite horse Snowflake is being retired, runs away to the stables at night. She suffers a head injury after a fall, leading to a tense hospital vigil. At the hospital, Susan's friend Maureen (a nun who provides surprisingly pragmatic dating advice) helps Susan see Josh's character. The daughters finally confess their scheme to Josh, exonerating him of any deceptive intent toward Susan. The film concludes one year later on New Year's Eve, where Susan and Josh are married in a ceremony that fulfills her resolution, proving that while technology found the match, it was the personal connection that sealed it.