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Asteroid City

Asteroid City

"You can't wake up if you don't fall asleep"

105 minEN8 June 2023 6.4
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Budget: $25,000,000Box Office: $53,857,743
story within the story1950sspacestargazingastronomyskeptical

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Audience Take

Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
In what is unquestionably his worst film by a mile, Anderson leans too heavily on his ordered, signature visual symmetry, saturated color palate, and A-list cast while completely forgetting how to make an entertaining production. The film takes place in a tiny desert town (famous for their giant crater) where the Junior Stargazers and Space Cadets are holding their awards convention. When a UFO is spotted, the visitors are quarantined until the government deems it safe for them to return to the real world.
badelf
Asteroid City isn't my favorite Wes film, but it's surely tongue-in-cheek and pretty damn funny. The term "narcissist" didn't become popular psychology until the 1980s.
Paul Rivera
you'll notice the humor is clever without being try-hard. The pacing could have been tighter.

Viewer Opinions (10)

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Chris Sawin@ChrisSawin
★★★☆☆ 5.0
you'll notice that even though the film has a fair share of chuckle worthy moments, _Asteroid City_ shamelessly rolls around in its eccentricities and unapologetic blundering demeanor with no real depth or character development whatsoever. **Full review:** https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/06/24/asteroid-city-review-wes-andersons-charmless-comedic-drama/ The gathering of extraordinary talent draws you in yet _Asteroid City_ doesn’t deliver a story that’s fully worth telling.
26 June 2023VerifiedUser Review
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badelf@badelf
★★★★☆ 8.0
The partial view of the "Confessions of a Narcissist" marquis that showed up in the background of the tet-a-tet between Augie and his almost-onstage-wife is a clue. There were other anachronisms, yet this one is particularly striking in context. …
15 August 2023VerifiedUser Review
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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots@screenzealots
★★☆☆☆ 4.0
In what is unquestionably his worst film by a mile, Anderson leans too heavily on his ordered, signature visual symmetry, saturated color palate, and A-list cast while completely forgetting how to make an entertaining production. The event brings together students and their parents, all oddballs in their own right, from all over the country. That’s why it pains me to write about “Asteroid City,” the sluggish, smug, exasperating new film from co-writer and director Wes Anderson. …
4 August 2023VerifiedUser Review
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