The Midnight Sky

PG-13

12/11/20201h 58m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ There's a universe between all of us. ~

Overview:

A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

Director:

George Clooney

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$70,018.00

Key words:

based on novel or book
post-apocalyptic future
nuclear radiation
space travel
arctic polar circle region
end of the world
cancer
astronaut
space exploration
space adventure
spacewalk
2040s
space walk

Cast

George Clooney

~ as ~

Augustine Lofthouse

Felicity Jones

~ as ~

Sully

David Oyelowo

~ as ~

Adewole

Caoilinn Springall

~ as ~

Iris

Kyle Chandler

~ as ~

Mitchell

Demián Bichir

~ as ~

Sanchez

Tiffany Boone

~ as ~

Maya

Sophie Rundle

~ as ~

Jean

Ethan Peck

~ as ~

Young Augustine

Tim Russ

~ as ~

Mason Mosley

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Reviews (1)

Peter McGinn
Written 4 year(s) ago
7
Okay, I get it: I have seen many critiques about this movie relying upon inaccurate science and featuring plot holes here and there. I admit to a bell going off in my head when our main hero Augustus seems to exhibit no death-like characteristics after diving into frigid arctic waters. But I have a tendency to suspend my disbelief in science fiction movies if the characters, the dialogue and the general story keep my interest.

What kept me connected to the action was not the spaceship stuff, but rather the faltering, slowly developing interaction and relationship between Augustus and Iris, the girl left behind during the evacuation. It is handled patiently and believably. I found myself quite invested in them becoming close. (And I am setting aside the odd hints that Iris might not even exist outside Augustus’s own mind.)

The scenes on board the spaceship Augustus is trying to contact were less compelling for me. My, those folks were consummate professionals, weren’t they? They bantered back and forth, but where were their emotions for the most part, except under extreme duress? Besides Maya, I wouldn’t have been shocked to learn they were androids.

The Midnight Sky was entertaining enough to keep my interest, but it seemed to leave several questions in my mind, not the least of which was: it is well and good to send Adam and Eve to populate a new planet, but outside of serious incest, how are they to get past the first generation?