Review of The Midnight Sky (2020) by Genghis_Sean — 04 May 2022
An extremely well-done apocalypse movie wherein the Earth has been rendered uninhabitable possibly by an EMT triggering every nuclear weapon in the world. Clooney plays a terminally-ill scientist refusing evacuation to man an Arctic science station (the poles are the only spots even momentarily out of the spreading radiation clouds) for the purposes of warning returning space missions about the changed conditions on Earth.
If you are seeking an action movie or space fights, this film is not for you. Rather, it's a thoughtful film about regret and the changing priorities of both humanity and individuals when everything they've known has been destroyed.
What's important, now? The story is brilliant, the writing superb, and the resolution very satisfying, but needless to say, not everyone lives happily ever after. The vision of the writer wasn't clear to me until the last few minutes of the film.
I loved it and watched it twice.
This review of The Midnight Sky (2020) was written by Genghis_Sean on 04 May 2022.
The Midnight Sky has generally received mixed reviews.
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