Film Review – Midnight’s Children

“Midnight’s Children” is a sprawling motion picture that rarely pauses
to allow its audience a moment to grasp the numerous leaps in time and
enormous collection of characters. It’s based on the 1981 book by Salman
Rushdie, who co-scripts and narrates this bizarre story of childhood
trauma, magical powers, and crushing political changes, attempting to
work its way to a grand summation of a life lived in full. Director
Deepa Mehta fashions a lively movie for its first half, teeming with
personality and digestible flights of fancy, only to be crushed by the
overall narrative responsibility, unable to juggle faces and places to
satisfaction.
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