Out of all the movies he’s helmed, The Midnight Sky is indisputably George Clooney’s most ambitious project as a filmmaker. The Midnight Sky Review: Clooney's Sci-Fi Drama Doesn't Fully Stick the Landing. The Midnight Sky Review : A thriller set against endless space and limited time. The Midnight Sky was adapted from the novel Good Morning, Midnight, by American writer Lily Brooks-Dalton.It’s a somewhat loose adaption and examines dual, parallel storylines of Clooney’s Augustine racing against time to warn the crew and Felicity Jones’s Sully helping the crew get back to Earth safely. Share Share Tweet Email. George Clooney and Caoilinn Springall in The Midnight Sky. The Midnight Sky gives me some serious Interstellar vibes, except Interstellar is way better. Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage. In "The Midnight Sky", a 2020 Netflix movie, there is a cataclysmic event that decimates most of the Earth. I just finished watching the “#1 Film on Netflix”, the midnight sky, starring George Clooney. But The Midnight Sky is a good example of a movie that sells itself short by … Review ‘The Midnight Sky’ Serves Up a Bleak, Dull Sci-Fi Future. MPAA Rating: PG-13. Red areas spread from major cities. The arctic is one of the last survivable areas. By Rex Reed • 01/05/21 1:30pm. A terminally ill scientist tries to warn a returning spaceship of a cataclysmic event on Earth in The Midnight Sky. This event is never explained in the movie. By Chris Agar Published Dec 23, 2020. Movie Review – The Midnight Sky (2020) December 23, 2020 by Shaun Munro. I love science fiction movies and this seemed right up my alley. It comes seven years after he starred in Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, which is the most visually striking sci-fi/space movie I’ve ever seen (it was my first IMAX 3D movie experience). The Midnight Sky, 2020. KAVYA CHRISTOPHER, TNN, Dec 28, 2020, 05.45 PM IST Critic's Rating: 3.0 /5. Netflix. Read our parents' review for details on sexual content, violence and strong language to find out why. The Midnight Sky is rated PG-13. In the near future a global catastrophe is destroying the Earth and all life. 19 votes, 16 comments. The Midnight Sky Review: George Clooney's Ambitious Sci-Fi Epic Fails to Resonate. 0. A map of the event's progress is used in the movie. Running time: 118 MIN. ‘The Midnight Sky’ Review: George Clooney Directs and Stars in an Epic but Sodden Dystopian Drama Reviewed online, Dec. 3, 2020. I say this sadly because after reading the synopsis and seeing the trailer, I thought The Midnight Sky would be a great film. All of which makes for a fine premise. The screenplay by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, Overlord) is a fairly … Directed by George Clooney. The Midnight Sky is a well-made and ambitious piece of sci-fi filmmaking, but it lacks the proper emotional punch it needed to truly connect. The air becomes dangerous to breath. I had heard from several how … What could it be? Facebook Twitter Flipboard Reddit Pinterest WhatsApp.