Great story executed with real heart and wonder.
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Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over.
NOTE: Science fiction themes & violence.
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Great story executed with real heart and wonder.
No ET's phoning home, but real people dealing with an unreal situation.The acting is brilliant and totally believable.
A father (Michael Shannon) goes on the run to protect his young son, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), and uncover the truth behind the boy's special powers. What starts as a race from religious extremists and local law enforcement quickly escalates to a nationwide manhunt involving the highest levels of the Federal Government. Ultimately his father risks everything to protect Alton and help fulfill a destiny that could change the world forever, in this genre-defying film as supernatural as it is intimately human.
Midnight Special Reviews
“In this spellbinding sci-fi chase movie, UFOs take a back seat to identifiable human emotions. Go with it. Let director Jeff Nichols turn your head around.” – Rolling Stone
“A bravura science-fiction thriller that explores emotional areas like parenthood and the nature of belief, it's a riveting genre exercise as well as something more.” – L.A Times
“Midnight Special defines characters through what they can't understand, contrasting fear of the unknown with faith in it, and flipping the supernatural into a metaphor for the everyday.” – AV Club
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