A Midnight Clear
The two groups of solders, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and share a Christmas celebration.
17 November 1925, Allenstein, East Prussia, Germany [now Olsztyn, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland]
12 February 1952, New York City, New York, USA
6 November 1970, Austin, Texas, USA
3 August 1959, New York City, New York, USA
17 March 1955, Blue Island, Illinois, USA
28 June 1973, San Jose, California, USA
19 August 1965, Mamaroneck, New York, USA
22 July 1967, Torrance, California, USA
30 December 1947, Logan, Utah, USA
17 March 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 July 1963, Syracuse, New York, USA
11 March 1964, New York City, New York, USA
December 04, 2013
Keith Gordon's adap of William Wharton's novel is low on action, long on mood and psychological complexity.December 04, 2013
Much of it has a seriousness and intelligence that are all too rare on today's movie scene.December 04, 2013
"In combat, confusion is normal," an Army manual helpfully pointed out in World War II. That same confusion seems to have infected A Midnight Clear.December 04, 2013
This film about a real incident that occurred near the end of World War II is involving, always focused and affectingly acted.December 04, 2013
It's so determined to be haunting that it gives up the ghost.November 30, 2015
A Midnight Clear is a beautifully written, directed and acted movie, but it is so gut-wrenching, so taut, that it is more catharsis than entertainment.December 04, 2013
A Midnight Clear -- not quite a great war movie but certainly a sensitive, bright and supremely moral one -- shows how courage itself can be a kind of insanity.December 04, 2013
A Midnight Clear doesn't do as much as it might with its characters. But as a parable of human folly and fragile hope, it has considerable impact.December 04, 2013
A powerful tragedy full of surprises and visual style.December 04, 2013
[Gordon] clearly relishes the story's many ironies, and he's often successful at sharing his enjoyment of them with us.December 04, 2013
Despite such peculiarities, or perhaps because of them, A Midnight Clear has a quirky, haunting quality, delivering good performances all around, but especially from Sinise, Hawke and Frank Whaley.November 30, 2015
The sentiments aren`t fresh, but the skill of the writing and a superior ensemble American cast makes the drama memorable.