The film is about two teenage science prodigies, C.J. See You Yesterday is based on a short film of the same name and is the feature-length debut of writer and director Stefon Bristol. One reviewer explains that “after years of brain-numbing visual bombast from Hollywood, here is a sequence that restores your faith in the capacity of special effects to achieve real grace, strangeness, and beauty.” This reveal might not be to everyone’s taste, but it’s worth finding out whether it’s yours. It constantly builds momentum, eventually leading up to the final act reveal (which won’t be spoiled here). While the premise of Midnight Special sounds like a crowd-pleaser, the ending is divisive.
The film is a breath of fresh air in an oversaturated genre, but despite offering an alternative to mainstream superhero movies, it flopped. While that sounds like it might be in the style of a flashy X-Men movie, Nichols manages to create a pervasive feeling of gritty reality. Directed by Jeff Nichols, the movie focuses on a father (Michael Shannon) on the run from a religious cult and the FBI with his son (Jaeden Martell), who possesses supernatural abilities. Midnight Special is a blend between a chase flick and a smart sci-fi film. Earl and Caldwell are now creating a sci-fi TV series for Amazon with the same handmade retro feel. A Variety reviewer explains that the visual style “is the antithesis to your typical interstellar blockbuster, from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Passengers, where everything looks new and sleek, as if it were designed by the engineers at Apple.” It feels analog, rather than digital, with spaceships, spacesuits, and weapons looking cobbled together. The characters are attempting to make a living on the fringes of their known universe, and this informs the look of the film. The moon is blanketed by a toxic forest (like Endor from Star Wars but deadly), and the gems look like they come from the mind of David Lynch. Developed from a short film of the same name, Prospect follows a father (Jay Duplass) and his teenage daughter (Sophia Thatcher) searching for gemstones on an alien moon and encountering other prospectors (one of which is played by Pedro Pascal). Prospect is the low-budget feature-length debut of the writing and directing team of Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell.
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