My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library. There are some supernatural elements and in certain scenes the whole viewing room shook. Of course you need a good subwoofer to feel that.The movie's theme plays on the many publicized cults that indoctrinate members and, on certain occasions, the cult leader "adopts" special children effectively taking them away from their natural parents who also are in the cult. His role is eventually minor but Sam Shepard is very effective as Calvin Meyer, the cult leader someplace in Texas.The movie starts with Michael Shannon as Roy, the special boy's dad, and his friend Joel Edgerton as Lucas, traveling at night with the boy, heading for the state line, towards N. Louisiana. Also involved is the boy's mother, Kirsten Dunst as Sarah. The special boy is Jaeden Lieberher, who more recently was so good as Henry in "Book of Henry" , as Alton. As we come to learn maybe he doesn't belong in this world.The movie is well-made, much of it involves the authorities trying to track down Alton while the parents begin to realize how special he is. Overall a modern fable, good movie for those who appreciate that type of story telling.

Huge potential in a scifi story that didn't explain it self very well. To many lose ends, very small development of the history and a quick end that leads to a lot of unanswered questions. Personally i think the movie didn't evolve as it suppose to. I like to give a short review and not a huge lecture about my point of view. if you agree with me after watching this movie hit like and follow my short reviews :). (in fact i am writing this because i need a minimum of lines to post.)

I had read good of this movie but nevertheless ... what a sh*t! This movie is ten times too long, a deep boredom, 1:50 while half would be enough! The end saves the bet but yet ... 4/10, I don't even know how I can put so much! "Midnight Special" or how to fall asleep at night, by Jeff Nichols!

When this movie first came out in theatres in limited release, it was met with muted fanfare yet critics liked it. Now that movie is now in heavy rotation on pay TV, more people will get a chance to see this amazing movie with a stellar cast, a good plot, and pretty good special effects. Fans of sci-fi will enjoy this little gem and appreciate the work that went into it.