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Midnight Sun

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*ing: Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rob Riggle, Quinn Shephard Rated: 7/10 Romance has gone out of the system of cinema and if it comes visiting once in a while, it is twisted, post modern and mostly unromantic. There were times when the month of February the Hollywood would essentially come up with a groovy romance which you would await eagerly. Not anymore. First, our film-makers do not have romantic inclinations. Second, the complexities of life irritatingly creep into a story making it complex and boring and even stressful, at times. So when a sweet and simple old world film comes along in which there are two youngster totally focussed on love, with no intricate sub-plots coming along, you settle down after initial surprise. The same goes for Midnight Sun where the girl suffers from a one in a million disease which entails that the sunrays never touch her. She lives her life behind special windows and comes alive only at night. The boy is someone she rom...