The Midnight Sky: What was the event and what happened to Earth?
Mon Dec 28, 2020 at 10:40pm ET
The Midnight Sky is a new sci-fi movie starring George Clooney. Pic credit: Netflix
The Midnight Sky is a new sci-fi drama film that premiered on Netflix on December 23 after a limited theatrical release earlier on December 11.
The film, directed by George Clooney, also stars Clooney (as Augustine Lofthouse), alongside Felicity Jones (Sully), David Oyelowo (Commander Adewole), Tiffany Boone (Maya), Kyle Chandler (Mitchell), Caoilinn Springall (Iris), and Sophie Rundle (Jean Sullivan).
The Midnight Sky is based on Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel Good Morning, Midnight, published in 2016.
Wed Dec 23, 2020 at 10:02am ET
George Clooney and Caoilinn Springall in Midnight Sky. Pic credit: Netflix
It has been four years since George Clooney made a movie, and when he returned, it was with a Netflix original that painted the picture of the end of the world.
The Midnight Sky is not an apocalyptic action movie but is instead a dark and brooding Netflix drama, more the speed of 2001: A Space Odyssey than anything. It even makes end-of-the-world dramas like Children of Men and The Road look action-packed in comparison.
However, there is a lot to like about The Midnight Sky.
Review: Clooney s The Midnight Sky a cold, alienating experience
George Clooney directs and stars in this story about a post-apocalyptic Earth
Adam Graham
It s lonely out there in space, on Earth after a global disaster and in The Midnight Sky, a solemn, snail-paced sci-fi drama from director-star George Clooney. Gravity it s not. That heart-racing action epic (also starring Clooney) explored similar themes of isolation and finding the will to live in the face of surefire death. The Midnight Sky is a much more dour, downturned film, and while it may fancy itself headier or more cerebral, in reality it s an emotionally obtuse and disconnected experience.