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The Midnight Sky
are in play. If you havenât seen the film just yet, commence a slingshot orbit out of here, and come back once youâve experienced it for yourself.
Itâs another bad day in space, with some complications on Earth making things even more perilous, as Netflixâs
The Midnight Sky sees George Clooney trying to warn a crew of astronauts away from returning to Earth. To be fair, things are in pretty rough shape in this sci-fi film thatâs made its debut on the streaming service, and with one particularly big twist in the works, the stakes are even greater. Which means itâs time to warn you, the reader, that weâre about to get pretty deep into
It goes without saying that this article contains spoilers for The Midnight Sky.
The problem with George Clooney growing a Father Christmas beard is that it’s hard to take your eyes off it, which means you might not give
The Midnight Sky’s story the attention it deserves. We’re talking about a mightily impressive feat of facial hair here, rendered even more dramatic by the frost that clings to every strand. Stare too long, and the actual plot of the film will easily get buried in the tundra.
That, we assume, is why you’re here. The credits are rolling and you’re very confused. What happened? Where did the beard go? Can
George Clooney brings bleakness and humanity with The Midnight Sky
The Midnight Sky. Felicity Jones and David Oyelowo in
The Midnight Sky. George Clooney in
Photo by Philippe Antonello/Netflix The year 2020 has played host to a nightmarish global catastrophe, so ending the year with a movie about a nightmarish global catastrophe may not be at the top of many people’s lists. That’s the divide which the new Netflix movie
The Midnight Sky must bridge, something made easier by the presence of a movie star like George Clooney. Clooney, who both stars in and directs the film, plays Augustine, a scientist with terminal cancer who chooses to stay behind at a remote Arctic outpost when an unspecified disaster hits the entire Earth in 2049. Simultaneously, a group of astronauts – including Sully (Felicity Jones), Adewole (David Oyelowo), and Mitchell (Kyle Chandler) – who had been scouting a previously undiscovered moon of Jupiter as a possible new colony are on their
Despite its bleak subject matter,
The Midnight Sky has been a big hit for Netflix over the festive period, topping the most-watched chart worldwide. (Sorry
It doesn t necessarily strike you as a Christmas watch given that it s set at the end of the world as we know it, especially after the year we ve had. However, George Clooney – who directs and stars as terminally ill scientist Augustine Lofthouse – believes it s a story about hope, rather than devastation.
Perhaps that s what has drawn audiences to the tale of Augustine s race against time to stop Sully (Felicity Jones) and the rest of the crew on the Aether from returning to Earth and effectively killing themselves. Augustine s mission is made more difficult when he discovers a child (Caoilinn Spingall) has been left behind at the observatory, without any hope of a rescue.
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Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd is an empty man. A Civil War veteran without a family, he wanders the Western Plains, reading stories from the many newspapers he has in tow, bringing them to audiences hungry for diversion. He ekes out a living on the meager donations he collects, just enough to get him to the next town. He has no true direction, every day much like the last. So, when his path crosses that of a young white girl who s been kidnapped by natives, he s unsure how to proceed. His confusion mounts when he s charged with returning her to her family, a journey through violent, treacherous territory that will test them both while leading them to their true purpose.