It never says what happened, but it seems that radiation has made most of … George Clooney directs and heads the cast of Netflix's postapocalyptic sci-fi survival drama about the environmental collapse of Earth and new hope for humanity in space, 'The Midnight Sky… Films such as The Ides of March and Good Night and Good Luck established him as a director with a good eye for visuals but also with a gift to nurture talent and draw great performances … Unfortunately this movie does not deliver. The Midnight Sky: Another Review – The best space films tell us more about ourselves than anything else. The Midnight Sky review: George Clooney's Netflix movie is ambitious and emotional . … MPAA Rating: PG-13. At the same time, Sully (Felicity Jones) is one of … There are also formidable challenges facing the explorers, with a crew that includes Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir and Tiffany Boone. On paper The Midnight Sky seems like a film I would absolutely love. The worst of the genre tells us nothing, and for all it’s staggering beauty, and a handful of poignant moments, George Clooney’s “The Midnight Sky” tells us nothing, … Barring one pretty dramatic space-faring action sequence, "The Midnight Sky" moves along somewhat listlessly, especially during the earth-bound sequences involving Clooney and the young girl (Caoilinn Springall) who becomes his companion. (Remember when apocalyptic movies were further in the future? There are many good things to be said for it. You can see all sides of Clooney in "The Midnight Sky… The stuff in the Arctic is more effective and admittedly technically impressive, although the plot begins to make less and less sense—a scene in which Augustine crashes through ice and would almost certainly die from the hypothermia or shock breaks any sense of realism that had been tenuously achieved. Peter Bradshaw's film of the week Film The Midnight Sky review – beardy George Clooney marooned in bland cosmic yarn Clooney desperately tries to … Worst of all, Clooney can’t stick with a thread long enough to build tension or drama. The two parallel storylines do have some interest. According to her she flipped her hair backwards and was ready for the consequences of any mistake she was about to make. Augustine (George Clooney) is the sole occupant of an abandoned Arctic base, his time spent enduring periodic mechanized blood treatments to … Most of the time, “The Midnight Sky” drifts like space debris between its three settings—shuttle, Arctic, flashbacks—instead of feeling like it's building momentum. Because while Clooney has delivered a sobering and thoughtful film, dramatically speaking the story -- a bit like Clooney's taciturn scientist -- feels confined in a prison of its own making. It looks good. And he has to do so accompanied by a mute girl named Iris (Caoilinn Springall), who happened to be left behind during the evacuation. Is there anything that this man cannot do? By Ian Sandwell. Throughout most of its … Review: In 'The Midnight Sky,' a grizzled George Clooney considers the end of the world. George Clooney tackles his most ambitious film yet as director with The Midnight Sky. Rating: ** George Clooney is one of the most important voices of Hollywood.What he does has a huge … She tells her lover that he should have known by now that she is not a lady built stay in one place. 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