Midnights Children

  • A (INDIA)
  • 2013


MOVIE IS magical disconnected emotional cinematic
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39 %
42 % Rotten
$ 1 Million
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Positive Reviews 32
Negative reviews 23
Average Rating 2.9/5
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2.5
At 149 minutes, Deepa Mehtas sprawling, hyper saturated adaptation of the epic Salman Rushdie classic Midnights Children feels like too much to take i .. Variety
2.0
Doing triple duty as producer, screenwriter and narrator, Rushdie is so eager to visit every station of his beloved text that moments rush past as if .. Time Out
2.0
Mehta fudges the political allegory in favour of the storys magical realism, but still cant get her arms around the material or past Rushdies own bear .. Time Out
3.1
Beyond the meager pecuniary possibilities, theres really no reason why every classic novel needs to be turned into middlebrow cinematic fare.
4.5
The enduring reputation of Rushdies Booker Prize winning novel and the warm accessibility of the adaptation should result in Midnights Children emergi .. Screen Daily
3.5
Midnights Children may not please all the fans of the unfilmable book but there is enough heart and soul in Mehtas adaptation to attract a wide audien .. Screen Daily
3.5
Midnight reaches its tender conclusion without ever achieving the emotional or dramatic heft that such an epic tale requires. The Hollywood Reporter
2.0
Biswas is a great actress, but this isnt Marys story, and the movie cant make her whimsical snap judgement intelligible with such paltry screen time. Telegraph
2.0
Considering Midnights Children is bound up in notions of identity, it is faintly disastrous that this adaptation should be so lacking in one of its ow .. Telegraph
2.5
Which makes the long awaited film version a real head scratcher, a pretty but staidly linear epic drained of the novels larkish, metaphorical sweep, a ..
4.0
Thanks to Rushdies sensitive handling of his own material, this is an adaptation big in both ideas and heart.
3.0
It would be impossible to include all the elements of Rushdies stunningly expansive allegory, but too much is missing from Mehtas routine retelling. Ny Daily News
3.1
The struggle here is establishing drama among characters weve barely gotten to know. The Globe And Mail
2.5
Kashmiriyat is celebrated in its eccentric beauty and as shikaras glide by a misty Char Chinar, a visual treat unfolds.
4.0
Shiva grows up into an aggressive young man and becomes an Indian war hero. Spirituality And Practice
2.0
The result is a sprawling, lumbering epic that manages to preserve a substantial amount of the books content but achieves little of its magic. One Guys Opinion
1.5
So lavish and unwieldy is the book, Rushdies best, that a film of it cant help but feel like a helpless reduction, like a bucket of water passed off a .. Village Voice
2.5
Its based on the 1981 book by Salman Rushdie, who co scripts and narrates this bizarre story of childhood trauma, magical powers, and crushing politic .. Blu Ray
3.0
But because of the tales lack of cohesion, it doesnt carry enough emotional heft. Usa Today
3.0
The most glaring misjudgement however is Rushdies voiceover, which continually describes what is actually being shown on screen.Nonetheless the film i .. Radio Times
2.0
Mehtas strengths lie in depicting family drama and emotional turmoil. Independent
2.0
Despite decent performances and a handful of striking moments, Midnights Children is ultimately something of a slog thanks to a dense, sprawling scree .. View London
3.1
Rather than distill all that into potent cinema, Mehta has given us something as pale as it is panoramic. News Day
2.0
Things bog down eventually, and Bhabha is not a strong enough actor to fill out his role, but there are enough intermittent passages of power and beau .. Cs Monitor
3.1
Except that Saleems family isnt biologically his; hes the child of a street musician, switched at birth as a misguided political statement by a nurse. New York Post
4.0
Rushdie has not only skillfully compressed his sprawling tome into a manageable cinematic form but also provides the sonorous and drily witty narratio .. Film Journal International ..
3.0
But the ambitious visual stylings dont do enough to buoy a film that lacks a certain soaring spirit. Az Central
1.5
The effort to pack an already overstuffed picaresque epic into a film of more than two hours ends up an indigestible stew. Boston
1.5
A cold distant appraisal of what works onscreen and what doesnt is required, and its not fair to expect writers to be so brutal with their babies.
3.1
Repeating themes of birds are pleasing and even the slums of Mumbai, with a pair of watchful eyes graffitied on a wall, have rare beauty.Some of the a .. Toronto Star
5.0
You wait a year for a film version of a Booker prize winning magical realist novel largely concerned with people from the Indian subcontinent and wide .. Guardian
2.0
It sheds no fresh light on the material, turns and turns but with no new spin, fails to pepper the source. Guardian
3.0
The movies pace flags a good deal once Bangladesh has been born in 1971, and the adult characters are much less interesting than their child counterpa .. Guardian
3.0
Solid may ultimately be the best word for this pleasing, middlebrow adaptation of Rushdies unfilmable book. Flim List
2.0
But its almost never a good idea to let novelists adapt their own fiction for the screen. Flickfilosopher
3.0
8 things to watch out for this week Feature Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 multiplayer beta debuts on PS4, Monster Hunter World hits PC and Better Call Sau .. Total Film
3.0
Yet this is a handsome, well produced and thoughtfully designed epic. Standard
2.0
The magical realist touches (invisibility baskets, superpowered smell and the like) get the light handed treatment they need from Mehta and her appeal .. Oregon Live
1.5
There is undoubtedly a compelling story to be found within Midnights Children... but the lack of focus means that it feels more like a vignette than t .. Cine Vue
4.0
A charming historical epic that will delight fans of the book and those invested in the story of the birth of modern India. Digital Spy
2.0
Photo To do cinematic justice to Salman Rushdies novel Midnights Children, it would take a razzle dazzle entertainer with Bollywood flair and a litera .. Ny Times
3.0
While there are moments of real power and important themes, the film is simply too dense. Contact Music
4.0
Beautifully shot, with seamlessly fabricated images that meld Sri Lankan locations with Indian and Pakistani landmarks, Midnights Children rides a pen .. Hollywood And Fine
3.0
Theres an old saying, A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The Sun
5.0
So now, for us illiterates, there really is no excuse.Mehtas vision is appropriately grand. Film Comment
1.5
With a tone that fleets from twee and quirky to bombastic and maudlin at the tip of a hat, all thats left in the end, unfortunately, is treacly, empty .. What Culture
4.0
Gorgeous as it looks though, it is hard to love a story that is rendered with reverent faithfulness while stripping it of cinematic spark. Scots Man
2.0
On paper a talented author can alchemise just about any conceit but film is less forgiving; on film it looks a lot like nonsense.For a start theres th .. The Ooh Tray
4.0
This leads to a highly eventful, allegorical portrait of the contentious dual nature of the Indian subcontinent. East Bay Express
1.5
Midnights Children is simply too long, too glossy, and too safe to reach the epic level it seems to be attempting. Ion Cinema
1.5
A series of pretty, disconnected scenes. At worst, it becomes D movie Dickens, devolving into semi broad, semi quirky comedy, poorly sketched out coin .. Vue Weekly
1.5
Although the novel deftly enmeshes Indias history within magical allegory, this is a bit of magic here, a bit of allegory there and, now, heres your b .. Spectator
2.5
Its hard enough to pull off the real yet not real style that the best magical realists can manage, seemingly effortlessly, for copycat wordsmiths. The Indian Express
3.5
As an adaptation of a classic book it fares very well, as a film on its own terms it suffers from its faith to the whole story. Hey U Guys
1.5
All the pieces are there: a great filmmaker, a grand story, the riotous colour and drama of India and Pakistan in the midst of monumental change.But t .. The Tyee
4.0
Through its magical elements, the film raises questions about what constitutes an individual, a family, a country, and ultimately, our very humanity. Bust
1.5
Rushdies script is faithful to his source novel to a fault. The lesson is that writers revisiting their work for another medium sometimes cant see the .. Commercial Appeal (Memphis ..
4.5
But we cant forgive Argos roughshod rewrite of history, which robs credit from Canadian hero Ken Taylor, while pacifying Canada with an ingratiating s .. Ma Cleans
4.5
What starts out as an utterly strange horror film turns into a brutally raw and unflinching look at aimless youth.
4.5
Whether this is the film to express that or not will be up to audiences. Ncr Online



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