Review of Midnight Special (2016) by Bhbarry — 24 Mar 2016
"Midnight Special" was written and directed by Jeff Nichols ("99 Homes") and stars Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Jaeden Lieberher, Adam Driver and Kirsten Dunst. This is not a good film and, as in so many instances where the writer and director are one and the same, that third party objectivity regarding the film’s elements and scenes is absent.
Most writer-directors find it difficult to cut or edit the scenes they both wrote and direccted and become almost paternal in ther possession of these elements. Here, in what purports to be a science fiction drama, the real fault is in the story and screenplay itself for the audience is confused and never completely aware of who the characters are and what they represent to the story.
Worse than all of this is that it takes almost 2 hours to watch this endeavor and, at the end, the viewer is still not sure of the things the writer could have more easily made clear. I give the film a 6.
0 rating and suggest that there is nothing "special: about the film, be it "midnight" or at any other time.
This review of Midnight Special (2016) was written by Bhbarry on 24 Mar 2016.
Midnight Special has generally received positive reviews.
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