Midnight Special

Midnight Special

  • Director: Jeff Nichols
  • Countries of origin: United States, Greece
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 21, 2016
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital, Datasat
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Untitled Jeff Nichols/Sci-Fi Project
  • "Midnight Special" is a science fiction film directed by Jeff Nichols , starring Michael Shannon , Kirsten Caroline Dunst, etc., and was released in the United States on March 18, 2016   .
    The story of the film revolves around a pair of father and son. One day the father suddenly discovered that his 8-year-old son had a "special function", and then they embarked on the road of escape   .

    Details

    • Release date April 21, 2016
    • Filming locations St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, St. Marks, Florida, USA
    • Production companies Warner Bros., RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Faliro House Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $18,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $3,712,282

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $190,012

    Gross worldwide

    $6,740,647

    Movie reviews

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    • By Spencer 2021-12-20 08:01:02

      You humans, always want pie in the sky!

      I hate watching religious movies a long time ago, because that kind of inexplicable existence is hard to convince people. Who wouldn’t be nonsense? The premise of an interesting movie is to make people convinced. Even if it can’t happen in this universe, it may happen in this universe. In other worlds.

      The theory of religion has always been "advancing with the times", which is why I look down on it.

      Every time there is a breakthrough in convincing science, religion rushes...

    • By Arnold 2021-12-20 08:01:02

      Criticism | "Escape at Midnight": A small cut to the big world

      Author | sirloin sheep ears (Paris)



      midnight escape Midnight Special (2016)
      Director: Jeff Nichols
      Screenwriter: Jeff Nichols
      Starring:: Michael Shannon / Jay Gordon Libo He / Joel ·
      Production Country/Region of Edgerton : United States

      Introduction: Roy took his eight-year-old son with superpowers all the way to escape. In this story, we will gradually understand why this child has to wear...

    • By Dayton 2021-12-20 08:01:02

      Do you understand?

      If you don’t understand it (of course, everyone doesn’t understand the metaphysical film philosophy that is mysterious and mysterious, what I said is the content of the story and the logical relationship), let me briefly introduce it. The whole story is like this: Yes A child with superpowers (including receiving wireless signals of various bands, etc.) was used by a gang to create a cult organization "farm." March 5th is the day when they were redeemed (that day should also be said by the...

    • By Alexandrine 2021-12-20 08:01:02

      Suspense to the end

      At the beginning, the sports car lights off and the night vision goggles are quite sensational, and there is a bit of procrastination in the middle. At the end, it is natural to evolve and rise. It does not meet the expectations of the suspense before. It is a bit disappointed. With big eyes and small eyes, my uncle also went in. It's not a small-cost production, the actors are in place and well-made, unlike the shoddy movies. The leading actor looks familiar, although foreign actors can't...

    • By Darren 2021-12-20 08:01:02

      The return story of an alien who cast the wrong fetus

      The film tells the story of an alien (the future man? Whatever he is) who was wrongly thrown into the womb and returns to the same kind. During the return process, he received care and help from human parents (divorced) and uncles. And overcome his weakness (can't see the sun). A fruitful struggle was launched against human opposition (FBI, army, police). In this process, the farm organization that believed in him did not play a positive role. Well, the film tells us: Above us, there is a...

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    • By Ruthie 2022-04-23 07:02:29

      ET+Superman+Carpenter, after watching such garbage blockbusters as Independence Day II, science fiction could have been so simple and...

    • By Johnathan 2022-04-23 07:02:29

      Although it is PG13, it is estimated that children don't like to watch it? The pace is slow, so it took 2 hours to make a mystery, and I don't know what to express. Except for Spider-Woman who never liked, Michael Shannon is really good, and the boxer is running around...

    • By Marcellus 2022-04-22 07:01:32

      Really super...

    • By Alexanne 2022-04-22 07:01:32

      It is hard to imagine that the director of this film and the director of #Sludge# are actually the same person. The whole film is full of pretended deep "tones", unresolved family affection, insignificant suspense, naive and outdated sci-fi ideas, plus The casual rhythm and sleepwalking performance make it boring to describe the look and feel. Except for the aftertaste of surprise in the other world drawn at the end, there is no more value in this film. Two stars for friendship , actually...

    • By Helen 2022-04-22 07:01:32

      There's a bit of a mystical feeling in front of it, and if you can't see it, Dunst is really getting old. . About a farewell, a father who firmly believes that his child is different, a very interesting...

    Movie plot

    Eight-year-old boy Elton ( played by Jetton Liboch ) was kidnapped at home. It was his biological father Roy Tomlin ( Michael Shannon ) who kidnapped him, and Roy Tomlin accompanied them. Childhood friend Lucas ( Joel Edgerton ) , they want to take the boy away from the ranch organization at a specific time, and the leader of the ranch organization regards the boy as a god. As they headed east, they also met Sarah ( Kirsten Caroline...
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    Evaluation action

    This is a strange but wonderful road movie. The ending was unexpected and exciting throughout. ("London Evening Standard" review) 
    This film has an amazing sense of restraint and endless imagination. Jeff Nichols has brought a new breakthrough in the field of road movies, and the shocking feeling brought by the end of the film is comparable to that. Pierberg's "Third Type of Contact." (Comment on "Variety") 
    Nichols’s film pays tribute...
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    Movie quotes

    • Sarah Tomlin: Roy will get him here.

      Lucas: If he's not dead.

      Lucas: Sorry.

      Sarah Tomlin: Roy won't let that happen.

      Lucas: Yeah, I hope not.

      Sarah Tomlin: He believes in something. You don't.

      Lucas: It doesn't matter. Good people die every day believing in things.

      Sarah Tomlin: Roy spent two years watching another man raise our son.

      Sarah Tomlin: He did what I couldn't.

      Sarah Tomlin: He'll do anything to get him here.

    • Alton Meyer: I saw the sunrise this morning. I think I know what I am now.

      Alton Meyer: There's... There's a world, built on top of ours. People live there.

      Alton Meyer: I think they're like me.

      Roy: We saw it.

      Sarah Tomlin: They're like you?

      Alton Meyer: Yes, I think so.

      Sarah Tomlin: I understand.

      Alton Meyer: Lucas?

      Lucas: I believe you.

      Alton Meyer: Good.

    • Roy: The only thing I ever believed in was Alton. And I failed him.