Asteroid City

  • Hong Chau, Margot Robbie, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston.
  • Wes Anderson
  • June 23rd 2023
The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

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Asteroid City

Verdict: Asteroid City is another case of style over substance for Wes Anderson

  • Hong Chau, Margot Robbie, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston.
  • June 23rd 2023
  • Wes Anderson

Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks and Jason Schwartzman star in Wes Anderson’s latest whimsical offering Asteroid City.

With Asteroid City, you know exactly what you’re going to get – Wes Anderson’s signature visual style and whimsical tone.

The comedy-drama, set in 1955, stars war photographer Augie Steenbeck (Jason Schwartzman), his son Woodrow (Jake Ryan), actress Midge Campbell (Scarlett Johansson) and her daughter Dinah (Grace Edwards) as they descend upon the remote desert town for an event.

Woodrow and Dinah are being honoured for their scientific inventions at the Junior Stargazers convention, which is being held inside the crater left by the Arid Plains meteorite. Their lives are all changed by an unexpected event.

A film-within-a-play, Asteroid City is ridiculously star-studded. There are so many famous faces packed in here but only a handful of genuinely substantial characters so a lot of the talented actors are underused or downright wasted.

It’s remarkable that massive stars who can lead their own films signed up to shoot...

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