Review of Midnight Special (2016) by Tethysdust — 20 Sep 2016

The film was very slowly paced, and was more of a fantasy film than any kind of science fiction. There are so many questions. Why would the father give legal custody of his son to a cult leader? Can you actually do that, or would the court refuse? Why do the kid's powers seem to arbitrarily be whatever is needed at that point for the plot? Did his mother somehow sleep with a glow person? If not, why is he a glow person? Why are the mother, father and father's friend all in the movie, when their characters serve identical roles? It seems that some mysteries will never be answered.