REVIEW #278 The Midnight Sky (2020)

A lone scientist in the artic desperately tries to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a global catastrophe. Meanwhile he finds himself with a responsibility closer to home that he must take care of.

The Midnight Sky has all the ingredients to be an amazing film, beautiful cinematography, an impressive cast and placed in a pretty popular genre. However the storyline just wasn’t up to the task and ultimately that aspect let the entire film down. I found myself uninterested and bored for the majority of its two hour run time. George Clooney performs relatively well with the poor material but I felt the other actors were let down by their pretty insignificant roles. It just took so long to piece anything together and by the time it did, you soon realise the wait wasn’t worth it. The film is set in the arctic which did provide the opportunity for a range of beautiful visuals and that was accompanied by a pretty magnificent musical score. Unfortunately not even that could justify an even average score here, it’s two hours I won’t be getting back. The silver lining? If you haven’t watched this yet, I’ve saved you the time, feel free to skip this one because you won’t miss anything!

Overall (5.5/10)

Thanks for reading.

Callan