SummaryRebellious small-town misfit Uma (Radhika Apte) arrives in Mumbai to find herself totally unsuited to life as a housewife. At odds with her prying neighbors and under the constant oppressive noise and heat of the city, she decides to break free from the shackles of domesticity and follow her own path.
Directed By:Karan Kandhari
Written By:Karan Kandhari
Sister Midnight
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Generally Favorable
75
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4.9
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
84% Positive
16 Reviews
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16% Mixed
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May 14, 2025
85
A delightfully zonked marital satire that lurches in various demented directions.
May 22, 2025
80
Kandhari delivers a story one might never expect, lingering with you long after it ends, which is long-winded. He captures many details from set to screen with honest conviction, making them memorable within a very unusual but novel story.
Mar 13, 2025
80
So joyous and inventive is each scene that it proves easy to disregard the ambling lack of plot.
Nov 26, 2024
80
By the final act, Sister Midnight breaks free from the shackles of submissive feminine stereotypes and raucously leans into a woman behaving very, very badly.
May 16, 2025
75
There are laughs aplenty, even as “Sister Midnight” begins to lose creative steam, with the wheels falling off, and the further it falls into the repetitive macabre. But Apte remains the glue holding it all together as the film imagines its prototype of the monstrous feminine.
May 13, 2025
67
Whatever its easygoing nature, Sister Midnight remains entertaining and visually distinguished, with aid from Interpol’s Paul Banks on the score. It may not fully congeal, but neither does Uma––that’s just life.
Jan 25, 2025
60
The story soon gets away from Kandhari, leading to a film that enraptures and delights in its first hour but gets so locked in to a singular approach by its second that it’s practically consumed by its own style, rendering it unable to keep pace with the bold ideas at play.
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44% Positive
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May 23, 2025
6
Editing, photography, and sound-mixing all blunder with some frequency, and the story is a poignant tale of self-discovery fighting for time with a Tati-esqe urban farce, both of which are undermined by the frequent moments of cool shots set to incongruous American blues. That Sister Midnight works at all speaks to director Karan Kandhari’s instincts.
Oct 21, 2025
0
Totally Waste of Time, What is Happening, Where the Story Line goes, Only God Knows, What The Director wanted to Show his Audiences... Not Recommended
Production Company:
- Wellington Films
- Griffin Pictures
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- Film i Väst
- Film4
- Filmgate Films
- Suitable Pictures
Release Date:May 16, 2025
Duration:1 h 50 m
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Awards
FOI Online Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
British Independent Film Awards
• 4 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
