Asteroid City

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Asteroid City

PG-13

Released Jun 23, 2023

1h 45m

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Romance

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The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

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Critics Consensus

Asteroid City is unlikely to win Wes Anderson many new converts, but those who respond to his signature style will find this a return to immaculately arranged form.

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Audience Says

Asteroid City is classic Wes Anderson -- which may or may not be a compliment, depending on how you feel about his other films.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

This is a film full of confectionary flourishes, but it centres around grief, and in its peculiar manner it takes on the pains of existence in a beautifully melancholic way.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 18, 2024

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Scroll.in

Colourful and imaginative Wes Anderson whimsy.

Jun 24, 2024

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David Stratton

The Australian

The film is, for the most part, a delight. I would never miss a Wes Anderson movie, and I encourage anyone looking for something offbeat and original to go and see Asteroid City.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 14, 2023

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Tanzim Pardiwalla

Filmfare

Revolving around an astronomy convention in a desert town, the film unleashes a symmetrical retro-futuristic drama that’s as good as it is good-looking.

Sep 20, 2024

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Clotilde Chinnici

Loud and Clear Reviews

While Asteroid City successfully delivers a witty comedy, it does not manage to reach the level and complexities of other Wes Anderson films. Is it an enjoyable film regardless? Very much so. But is it Wes Anderson’s best? Perhaps not this time.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 15, 2024

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Joe George

Sojourners

With its over-saturated pastel desert landscapes and impeccably blocked compositions, Asteroid City foregrounds inauthenticity.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jul 20, 2024

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Luciano

Asteroid City was one of the more “obscure” Wes Anderson films I have ever seen. While the actors, filmography, and scenery is all great, I think the movie is bland in story and composition. The storyline isn’t great and for me, doesn’t really match much with the story I was expecting. Personally, I give this film a 4/10.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/27/23

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C

very unusual. a lot of fun

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/31/23

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Drake

It's always a treat to get to spend a couple hours in consuming like candy yet another Wes Anderson creation. The bold color palette, the sets and miniatures (even stop-motion), all shot in thoughtful framing, the ensemble cast of familiar faces putting on idiosyncratic performances befitting the deadpan lines, escapist tales in which all sorts of entertainment can happen—in which people fall in love with each other left and right!—but without any horrifying stakes. This is Hollywood at its best—the self-conscious drama, whether Oscar-baiting or attempting to be merely serious enough to enter the canon, is better for novels or art films, although Hollywood is affiliated with several auteurs who provide this other side of the Janus greatly enough too. This time, we're at a crossroads of Technicolor Westerns & Space Age optimism, ultra Americana, still delicious to look at and listen to and yet in its contemporary writing so much more engaging than any of those '50s movies were—although, inevitably, this screenplay gets away from itself a bit in the denouement.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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Caleb D

Wes Anderson continues to build on and improve his methods and style. Beautiful film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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George

True Wes Anderson film with a star packed cast

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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Tiana Marie L

Love his work, but this was really great!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/27/23

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Synopsis

The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Director: Wes Anderson
Producer: Wes Anderson, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
Screenwriter: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Universal Films, Focus Features, American Empirical Pictures, Indian Paintbrush
Rating: PG-13 (Smoking|Brief Graphic Nudity|Some Suggestive Material)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 23, 2023, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 11, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $28.1M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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