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The Midnight Sky

2020

George Clooney

George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Demian Bichir ...

5.0

9,686

Sci-Fi. Drama Augustine (George Clooney) is a scientist, alone in the Arctic who tries to make contact with a spacecraft returning to Earth.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Flanked by a strong supporting cast, Clooney delivers a thoughtful reflection on the toll of environmental devastation (...) This quiet, meditative new film is emotionally involving from tense start to poignant finish"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"An uneven but ultimately thoughtful and moving survival story (...) [It] can’t help but recall several other similar films (...) and the script’s themes can sometimes be rather pedestrian"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] has a generically functional motor (...) Some viewers will surely be moved. To me, though, 'The Midnight Sky' just proves that a movie that reaches for the stars can still come up empty-handed."	NEG
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"George Clooney’s gorgeous and derivative apocalyptic vision. Equal parts "Gravity," "The Martian," and "The Thing," Clooney's Netflix thriller is engaging but overly familiar. (...) the movie unleashes a mostly welcome stream of sci-fi pastiche"	POS
United States	Jesse Hassenger AV Club	"The astronaut-drama stuff isn’t top-tier within the recent annual tradition of sending stars to the stars, but it does the job"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"It's a visually striking, emotional and bold sci-fi (...) George Clooney is as good as he's been in years (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"It rockily bounces between survival thriller and familiar space drama until the story lines finally mesh. Still, Clooney manages to stick the emotionally wrenching landing without all the parts falling off. (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers ABC News	"Despite its doomsday scenario, 'The Midnight Sky' finds hope in the human impulse to have each other's backs."	POS
Denmark	Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"I wouldn’t call it [Clooney's] best film, but that does not mean that it isn’t a good film. In fact, I think 'The Midnight Sky' is an amazing movie in many ways (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Matt Goldberg Collider	"The material needed a stronger and steelier vision (...) Clooney’s skills haven’t developed and evolved to tell this kind of story with the kind of gravitas and empathy it requires"	NEG
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"There are several arresting visual set pieces (...) But the film often feels less like its own distinct narrative than a sort of greatest-hits amalgam of movies like 'The Martian', 'Gravity', 'Interstellar'..."	NEU
United Kingdom	Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard	"Felicity Jones’ real-life pregnancy made for an unplanned change to the script - and the film is all the better for it (...) No one could deny the poetic verve of the set-pieces or the sophistication of the VFX (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Clooney guides the performances competently, but the story drifts pointlessly into space (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"There’s the germ of something beautiful buried in here (...) But 'The Midnight Sky' fails to even get the conversation going."	NEG
United States	Robert Daniels Polygon	"'The Midnight Sky' has two compelling stories (...) Clooney struggles to choose between [both] (...) So he doesn’t choose, and the narratives overshadow one another."	NEU
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"[It] borrows from multiple sources but finds its own grace notes. (...) its shortcomings are mostly forgivable. (...) If the plot offers no surprises, at least the film’s metaphors resonate."	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"The heart of this movie just isn’t there. It’s as weightless as space (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"A good-up-to-a-point science-fiction film (...) That plot is standard fare in the grand scheme of sci-fi, but it is undeniably well-directed by Clooney (...) The film blasts off, but doesn’t land (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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