Midnight Special is a movie worth believing in. It's an alternative to the assembly line that turns hot young directors into purveyors of the latest shade of superhero spandex
like a more idiosyncratic, indie-bred version of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, the partnership between writer-director Jeff Nichols and Michael Shannon feels like a rare gift from the movie gods
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
by Sara Stewart [New York Post ]
