Michael Shannon. Kirsten Dunst

‘Midnight Special’ Review: A Truly Great, Original Sci-Fi Thriller, Until…
‘Midnight Special’ Review: A Truly Great, Original Sci-Fi Thriller, Until…
‘Midnight Special’ Review: A Truly Great, Original Sci-Fi Thriller, Until…
“Let the midnight special shine it’s light on me,” go the lyrics of the folk song that shares a title, Midnight Special, with director Jeff Nichols’ fourth film. While those lyrics have no explicit analog within the film, it certainly is a fitting description of the powers of a mysterious young boy, Alton, whose eyes can shoot bursts of a powerful blue light that deliver an overwhelming sense of emotion and awe to those in his gaze.