The Midnight Sky gives me some serious Interstellar vibes, except Interstellar is way better. Running time: 118 MIN. I say this sadly because after reading the synopsis and seeing the trailer, I thought The Midnight Sky would be a great film. Review A professional critic’s assessment of a service, product, performance, or artistic or literary work George Clooney dazzles in front of — and behind — the camera in ‘The Midnight Sky’ Parents need to know that the book-based film The Midnight Sky has a generally melancholy tone and deals with the destruction of earth and humanity as well as the deaths of individual characters. ‘The Midnight Sky’ Review: George Clooney Directs and Stars in an Epic but Sodden Dystopian Drama Reviewed online, Dec. 3, 2020. Rating: C-I’ve never quite had an experience with a movie like I did with The Midnight Sky.For a good majority of the film, I quite enjoyed myself. MPAA Rating: PG-13. I love science fiction movies and this seemed right up my alley. George Clooney directs and heads the cast of Netflix's postapocalyptic sci-fi survival drama about the environmental collapse of Earth and new hope for humanity in space, 'The Midnight Sky… The Midnight Sky review – George Clooney's post-apocalyptic thriller. The mismatch there is the crux of its failure. George Clooney's 'The Midnight Sky' is a dystopian drama whose fluctuating tone — grim, with flickers of hopeful sentiment — feels almost comfortingly familiar, if a little on the nose for 2020. Review: 'The Midnight Sky' navigates a rocky route before George Clooney sticks the landing Brian Truitt, USA TODAY 12/22/2020. Somewhat surprisingly, they do (though others’ mileage may vary even more than usual). Director George Clooney's starring role is a scientist who sacrificed family for career and is now dying alone on the surface of the earth. Gradually, Midnight Sky becomes a nailbiter—not over the fate of the Earth or the astronauts so much as whether its two storylines will coalesce into something more meaningful. Clooney directs and stars in this big-budget sci-fi drama about a man braving a radioactive ice storm with a child in his care Midnight Sky has less to show us, less of an experience to give us, than its dreary style, heavy tone, or plod-footed, serious pacing would suggest. The Midnight Sky is now streaming on Netflix. In fact, for roughly 115 of its 120 minutes, I was settled into a B- review, ready to call it a fun, if wildly derivative and forgettable, melding of hard sci-fi tropes with post-apocalyptic nightmares. Rallies in Atlanta, nation against hate after spa shootings. Topics: Entertainment , movie review , netflix All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers.