George Clooney

Felicity Jones

David Oyelowo

Caoilinn Springall

Kyle Chandler

Demián Bichir

Tiffany Boone

Sophie Rundle

Ethan Peck

Tim Russ

Miriam Shor

Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir

Hanna María Karlsdóttir

Atli Óskar Fjalarsson

Tia Bannon

Grant Crookes

Bard Dorros

Stephen Mirrione

Jenny Eagan

Barbara A. Hall

James D. Bissell

Rachel Tenner

Keith Redmon

Todd Shuster

Martin Ruhe

Cliff Roberts

Matt Kasmir

Alexandre Desplat

Grant Heslov

Leifur B. Dagfinnsson

Mark L. Smith

Lily Brooks-Dalton

Lilia Collar

Andrea Cracknell

John Flemming

Tim Browning

Claire Fleming

John Bush

Lee Grumett

Jo Tew

James J. Reid

Siggi Kjartan

Jamie Graham

Pierce Bowman

Orin Beaton

Nick Docter

Leff Lefferts

Bjørn Ole Schroeder

Randy Thom

Danny Hambrook

David H. Watkins

Paul Herbert

Philippe Antonello

Julian White

Katy Bullock

Danusia Francis

David R. Grant

Paula Casarin

Magnus Thulin

Patsy Bouge

Helen Jarvis

Mark Bakowski

Graham Page

Nataša Nikolić

Science Fiction

Drama

The Midnight Sky

Smoke House Pictures

Syndicate Films

Anonymous Content

Truenorth Productions

United States of America

Peter McGinn

Okay, I get it: I have seen many critiques about this movie relying upon inaccurate science and featuring plot holes here and there. I admit to a bell going off in my head when our main hero Augustus seems to exhibit no death-like characteristics after diving into frigid arctic waters. But I have a tendency to suspend my disbelief in science fiction movies if the characters, the dialogue and the general story keep my interest.

What kept me connected to the action was not the spaceship stuff, but rather the faltering, slowly developing interaction and relationship between Augustus and Iris, the girl left behind during the evacuation. It is handled patiently and believably. I found myself quite invested in them becoming close. (And I am setting aside the odd hints that Iris might not even exist outside Augustus’s own mind.)

The scenes on board the spaceship Augustus is trying to contact were less compelling for me. My, those folks were consummate professionals, weren’t they? They bantered back and forth, but where were their emotions for the most part, except under extreme duress? Besides Maya, I wouldn’t have been shocked to learn they were androids. 

The Midnight Sky was entertaining enough to keep my interest, but it seemed to leave several questions in my mind, not the least of which was: it is well and good to send Adam and Eve to populate a new planet, but outside of serious incest, how are they to get past the first generation?

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