Though Midnight's Children is beautiful to look at and poignant in spots, its script is too indulgent and Deepa Mehta's direction, though ambitious, fails to bring the story together cohesively.
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Midnight's Children

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Movie Info
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Director -
Deepa Mehta -
Producer -
David Hamilton -
Screenwriter -
Salman Rushdie -
Distributor -
Paladin -
Production Co -
Number 9 Films -
Genre -
Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Apr 26, 2013, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 11, 2017 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$139.6K -
Runtime -
2h 28m