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10 months ago

Asteroid City

a review by r96sk

I didn't know what to expect from 'Asteroid City', yet I got exactly what I expected from this director... Wes Anderson, that!

As usual: love the aesthetic, the exquisite colour palette and the usual Wes vibes. Always fun seeing a bunch of known faces appear throughout. Jason Schwartzman and Scarlett Johansson are the standouts. A fair few others do well too, namely Bryan Cranston and Jeffrey Wright. Steve Carell is amusing in a small role, also.

I've enjoyed some of Anderson's other works much more ('Fantastic Mr. Fox', 'The French Dispatch'), the story didn't totally hook me here if I'm honest, but this one is very much still a good film in my opinion.