Science FictionDrama

The Midnight Sky

- There's a universe between all of us.

A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

Release Date : 2020-12-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Smoke House PicturesSyndicate FilmsAnonymous ContentTruenorth Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Good Morning, Midnight

Cast

Character Name : Augustine Lofthouse

Original Name : George Clooney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sully

Original Name : Felicity Jones

Gender : Female

Character Name : Adewole

Original Name : David Oyelowo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Iris

Original Name : Caoilinn Springall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mitchell

Original Name : Kyle Chandler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sanchez

Original Name : Demián Bichir

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maya

Original Name : Tiffany Boone

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jean

Original Name : Sophie Rundle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Augustine

Original Name : Ethan Peck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mason Mosley

Original Name : Tim Russ

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mitchell's Wife

Original Name : Miriam Shor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frantic Woman - Katherine

Original Name : Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir

Gender : Female

Character Name : Older Woman

Original Name : Hanna María Karlsdóttir

Gender : Female

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Atli Óskar Fjalarsson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jasmine

Original Name : Tia Bannon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Scientific Beneficiary (uncredited)

Original Name : Grant Crookes

Gender : Male

Reviews

Peter McGinn

@narrator56

2021-07-21

Okay, I get it: I have seen many critiques about this movie relying upon inaccurate science and featuring plot holes here and there. I admit to a bell going off in my head when our main hero Augustus seems to exhibit no death-like characteristics after diving into frigid arctic waters. But I have a tendency to suspend my disbelief in science fiction movies if the characters, the dialogue and the general story keep my interest. What kept me connected to the action was not the spaceship stuff, but rather the faltering, slowly developing interaction and relationship between Augustus and Iris, the girl left behind during the evacuation. It is handled patiently and believably. I found myself quite invested in them becoming close. (And I am setting aside the odd hints that Iris might not even exist outside Augustus’s own mind.) The scenes on board the spaceship Augustus is trying to contact were less compelling for me. My, those folks were consummate professionals, weren’t they? They bantered back and forth, but where were their emotions for the most part, except under extreme duress? Besides Maya, I wouldn’t have been shocked to learn they were androids. The Midnight Sky was entertaining enough to keep my interest, but it seemed to leave several questions in my mind, not the least of which was: it is well and good to send Adam and Eve to populate a new planet, but outside of serious incest, how are they to get past the first generation?