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Name: Midnight Special
Released: 2016-3-18
Cast: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Jaeden Lieberher

Midnight Special

PG-13
1h 51m
2016

83%

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A father (Michael Shannon) goes on the run to protect his young son, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), and uncover the truth behind the boy's special powers. What starts as a race from religious extremists and local law enforcement quickly escalates to a nationwide manhunt involving the highest levels of the Federal Government. Ultimately his father risks everything to protect Alton and help fulfill a destiny that could change the world forever, in this genre–defying film as supernatural as it is intimately human.

Director:

Jeff Nichols

Producer:

Sarah Green, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Geln Basner, Hans Graffunder, Christos Kontantakopoulos

Writer:

Jeff Nichols

Cast:

Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Camp, Scott Haze, Paul Sparks, Sam Shepard

Special Features

Origins

Locked video

The Unseen World

5 MIN

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

83%

Critics Consensus: Midnight Special's intriguing mysteries may not resolve themselves to every viewer's liking, but the journey is ambitious, entertaining, and terrifically acted.

Reviews

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Sean Axmaker

Jeff Nichols, the writer and director, keeps [a] sense of mystery throughout Midnight Special, always raising more questions with each answer.

It has an emotional core compelling enough to draw in massive crowds of cinemagoers, a sci-fi grandeur showy enough to pull in the Marvel/DC crowd and a visual acuity worthy of the interest of even the most hardened cinephiles.

“Midnight Special” is such a satisfying experience from Nichols’ smart script and assured direction to the top-notch performances especially from Shannon.

The understatedness of Nichols' drama, the poignancy, renders a picture about how people react to what they believe or do not understand.

Midnight Special is sure to enthrall cinemagoers and marks Nichols as a filmmaker of extraordinary vision and talent.

September 29, 2021

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