Midnight Special (2016) movie poster

Midnight Special (2016)

"He's not like us."
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👍 51%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 80%
AdventureDramaScience Fiction

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Director
Jeff Nichols
Runtime
1h 52m
Country
United States of America, Greece
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.3/10 (2,017 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
76

Cast

Michael Shannon as Roy Tomlin · 69% avg
Jaeden Martell as Alton Meyer · 65% avg
Joel Edgerton as Lucas · 68% avg
Kirsten Dunst as Sarah Tomlin · 72% avg
Adam Driver as Agent Sevier · 66% avg
David Jensen as Elden · 66% avg
Sam Shepard as Calvin Meyer · 70% avg
Scott Haze as Levi · 67% avg

Is Midnight Special good?

It's divisive. Only 51% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics rated it higher at 80%, but audiences were less impressed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#1397 / 1446 · Adventure
Rank in its year
#287 / 295 · 2016
Rank among its director's films
#5 / 5 · Jeff Nichols
On ThumbScore's lists
100 Lowest-Rated Movies by Audience Score (#89)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

r/movies
⬆ 28,233💬 1,371 comments
Adam Driver to Star in ‘Yankee Comandante’ - Directed by Jeff Nichols ('Mud', 'Take Shelter', 'Midnight Special') - About two people who rose to the rank of comandante during the Cuban Revolution. One was Che Guevara. The other was a man from Ohio.
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Top comment: "Clearly Michael Shannon is playing Che Guevara."
r/TrueFilm
⬆ 107💬 15 comments
Loving (2016) was a departure from Jeff Nichols’ usual works. But it was a work of humanistic sincerity, absolutely in line with the philosophy of his earlier films Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), and Midnight Special (2016)
When, a year or so ago, I saw Jeff Nichols Palme D’Or nominated Loving (2016) it seemed like an odd fit for the director. Not in the sense that it... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "I agree with many of your points and the one thing that I love most about his work (which you..."
r/TrueFilm
⬆ 70💬 24 comments
Thoughts on the title of Nichols' "Midnight Special" (2016) ?
I just finished watching Midnight Special, and I’d like to hear what other folks think about the title of the movie. The research I did told me that... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "Could be that. Also, a midnight special is a drug run. Nichols based the opening action sequence in..."
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