Roy and Sarah are the
parents of Alton Meyer. He is a
young boy but he is different because he
has powerful abilities and strange weaknesses. He has been living with an isolated group like cult and living
on The Farm. The people on The Farm want to keep Alton
there and they believe he has special knowledge. Roy and his friend Lucas take Alton away from the
group. There is a lot of
information on the news that Alton has been kidnapped and the authorities are
on the lookout for their car. The
government has also learned that light beams come from Alton’s eyes and he talks
about being from another world.
The National Security Agency and the FBI have joined in the hunt for Alton.
Because Michael Shannon is one of the
main actors in this film, I wasn’t sure if he was on the
level as the father? I also wasn’t
sure of his motives? Shannon usually
plays the bad guy and can he really be the good guy in this film? There are a lot of scenes and material
not explained? 3* (This
movie is OK)
112
min, Adventure directed by Jeff Nichols with Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton,
Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Camp Scott Haze, Sam
Shepard, Paul Sparks, David Jensen.
Note: Imdb 6.7 of 10, 83% critic 68% audience
on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 4*, Amazon 3.7* out of 5* with 735 reviews.
Special
Note: Filmed in St. Marks,
Florida; Mountainair, New Mexico; Reserve, New Orleans, Folsom, Slidell,
Lacombe, Louisiana; Biloxi, Kiln, Mississippi. The director Jeff Nichols originally wanted to make the film
with an independent film studio.
Warner Bros Pictures agree to make the film because of the small budget
and the film was shot in 40 days.
Michael Shannon has been in all the movies directed by Jeff Nichols. He also directed Loving with Joel
Edgerton. There is a passenger
train from Houston called the Midnight Special. A song titled Midnight Special is a traditional folk song
thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South and it’s about
the train.
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