The Midnight Sky
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): December 11, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
21
Negative:
4
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ConsequenceClint WorthingtonDec 10, 2020
Fittingly, The Midnight Sky suffers from the same weightlessness as its astronauts — Clooney opens his big, wet soulful eyes, and Alexandre Desplat‘s overly-aggressive score lays on the emotion as thick as syrup, but none of it lands. Read full review
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Rolling StoneK. Austin CollinsDec 29, 2020
The Midnight Sky is a good example of a movie that sells itself short by trying to be one thing — serious, heavy, emotional — when, by all available indicators, it should be more of a thriller, or more ridiculous, or at the very least more fun. Read full review
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VarietyOwen GleibermanDec 9, 2020
Some viewers will surely be moved. To me, though, The Midnight Sky just proves that a movie that reaches for the stars can still come up empty-handed. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonDec 10, 2020
The film minimizes the tragedy of the human race’s near-complete annihilation by positioning it as the backdrop for the world’s most grandiose deadbeat-dad redemption arc. Read full review
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