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Asteroid City

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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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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 09/18/2024
4/5
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. Go to Full Review Udita Jhunjhunwala Scroll.in 06/24/2024
Colourful and imaginative Wes Anderson whimsy. Go to Full Review David Stratton The Australian 08/14/2023
3.5/5
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. Go to Full Review David Day Horror Movie Talk Sep 23
9/10
Asteroid City is a bombshell full of A-List actors, incredibly lit scenes, and emotionless emotion. It has fun dialog and lots of interesting eye candy to keep you entertained. Go to Full Review Ryan Swen Taipei Mansions Sep 5
Asteroid City, to a greater degree than any Anderson film, is about its filmmaker’s belief in the power of the performative gesture, of the ability of artifice to get at something contradictory and thus deeper in the heart of its character and setting. Go to Full Review Sammie Purcell Rough Draft Atlanta Jul 24
“Asteroid City” has Anderson operating at the peak of his stylistic power, and with countless soulless imitations of his work making the rounds on the internet, we’d do well to be reminded that labeling Anderson as style over substance misses the point. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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jordan t Apr 12 Terrible. $30 nap for me See more Luciano 10/27/2023 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. See more C 08/31/2023 very unusual. a lot of fun See more Drake 08/28/2023 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. See more Caleb D 08/28/2023 Wes Anderson continues to build on and improve his methods and style. Beautiful film. See more George 08/28/2023 True Wes Anderson film with a star packed cast See more Read all reviews
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Wes Anderson

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Jason Schwartzman

Augie Steenbeck

Scarlett Johansson

Midge Campbell

Tom Hanks

Stanley Zak

Jeffrey Wright

General Gibson

Tilda Swinton

Dr. Hickenlooper

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Asteroid City: Official Clip - Junior Stargazer Honorees Asteroid City: Official Clip - Junior Stargazer Honorees 1:06 Asteroid City: Official Clip - I'm a Photographer Funny Scene Asteroid City: Official Clip - I'm a Photographer Funny Scene 1:44 Asteroid City: Official Clip - Use Your Grief Asteroid City: Official Clip - Use Your Grief 3:00 Asteroid City: Official Clip - The Alien Appears Asteroid City: Official Clip - The Alien Appears 2:48 Asteroid City: Official Clip - I Do a Nude Scene. Want to See It? Asteroid City: Official Clip - I Do a Nude Scene. Want to See It? 1:44 Asteroid City: Official Clip - Dear Alien (Who Art in Heaven) Asteroid City: Official Clip - Dear Alien (Who Art in Heaven) 2:01 Asteroid City: Official Clip - Everybody Arrives Asteroid City: Official Clip - Everybody Arrives 1:51 Asteroid City: Official Clip - Machine Gun vs. Death Ray Asteroid City: Official Clip - Machine Gun vs. Death Ray 1:06 Asteroid City: Official Clip - The Alien Returns Asteroid City: Official Clip - The Alien Returns 2:00 Asteroid City: Official Clip - I Still Don't Understand the Play Asteroid City: Official Clip - I Still Don't Understand the Play 4:08 View more videos

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Asteroid City: Exclusive Featurette - Making of Doomsday Carnival Asteroid City: Exclusive Featurette - Making of Doomsday Carnival 1:15 The Cast of ‘Asteroid City’ on the UFO Scene, Working with Wes, and Creating Their Characters The Cast of ‘Asteroid City’ on the UFO Scene, Working with Wes, and Creating Their Characters 25:32 How Wes Anderson Inspired These Movie Lovers to Create a Book How Wes Anderson Inspired These Movie Lovers to Create a Book 8:21 Asteroid City: Featurette - The Making of Desert Town (Pop. 87) Asteroid City: Featurette - The Making of Desert Town (Pop. 87) 2:37 Asteroid City: Trailer 1 Asteroid City: Trailer 1 2:24 View more videos
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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, Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures
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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