Midnight Special
Michael Shannon (99 Homes) is a father on the run with his super-powered child in this sci-fi drama from the director of Mud. With religious extremists and local law enforcement hot on their tails, he has only a small window to discover the origins and meaning of his young son’s abilities. Co-stars Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia), Adam Driver (The Force Awakens) and Joel Edgerton (Black Mass).
2015Rating: M, Science fiction themes & violence112 minsUSA
DramaScience FictionFestival & Independent
- Director:
- Jeff Nichols ('Mud', 'Take Shelter', 'Shotgun Stories')
- Writer:
- Jeff Nichols
- Cast:
- Michael ShannonKirsten DunstAdam DriverJoel EdgertonJaeden LieberherSam Shepard
Midnight Special / Reviews
Total Film
Taken as a throwback to the thrillers of Carpenter and Spielberg’s cinema of wonder, it is special indeed.
Full reviewTime Out
Little here feels like science or fiction but sci-fi is exactly what this is, from the heart and out of this world.
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The Telegraph
The most haunting part of this riskily earnest film isn’t the unmentionable effects coup of its grand finale, but the quieter beats, all in close-up, that comprise its coda: atomised, spent, and sad.
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The Guardian
There’s an absence of fun here, and for what is ultimately a chase movie, a severe lack of pace.
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Hollywood Reporter
Confirms Nichols' uncommon knack for breathing dramatic integrity and emotional depth into genre material.
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