The Midnight Sky
UK Release Date: 11 December 2020 Director: George Clooney Cast: Demián Bichir, Tiffany Boone, Kyle Chandler, George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Sophie Rundle, Caoilinn Springall Runtime: 118 mins Rating: ⭐ ½ Review: The Midnight Sky doesn't evoke any important, intellectual discussion within its painfully stretched runtime. There isn't a lot to latch onto in general - as the film also suffers from a severe lack of poignancy. Elements that could be forgiven if there was a level of originality involved, but despite being based on Lily Brooks-Dalton's novel, Good Morning, Midnight , the film plays as a distasteful riff of far superior films. Attempts to replicate the genius wonder of Sunshine , the stoicism of Ad Astra and the euphoria of Interstellar - and in attempting to tackle such a wide spectrum of thematic ideas, The Midnight Sky flounders to achieve any. A bleak, sombre exploration of the struggles of...