& Wes Anderson

Asteroid City

6.5

An astronomy convention takes place at a desert town in the 1950s, where several students and their parents meet and their knowledge, experiences and lives overlap in unexpected ways.

Director: , Wes Anderson
Main Cast: Tom Hanks, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody
Soundtrack: , Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography: , Robert D. Yeoman, Tristan Oliver
Screenplay: , Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola

Cinema Premiere: June 23, 2023

Reviews by critics from other countries

Foreign Reviews

12 foreign reviews of Asteroid City (2023)

1. Sveriges Radio

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: There are some directors whose names include a promise. A new Wes Anderson is delivered with a kind of guarantee. This will be a color and form adventure, no matter what.
- Nina Asarnoj
Swedish: sverigesradio.se »
2. Nöjesguiden

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: This is primarily about a cast of characters, where it might have been possible to remove some darlings, even though all the actors settle down gracefully on the dry 1950s prairie.
- Calle Wahlström
Swedish: ng.se »
3. Moviezine

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: The always beautiful image, in turn accompanies the rhythmic lines very well, which should preferably sound from proper speakers. And although I can sometimes appreciate the laconic nature of films, this script, with a host of long monologues, is a complete delight.
- Jonna Vanhatalo
Swedish: moviezine.se »
4. SVT

6 / 10

Translated from swedish: There are certainly common Anderson themes here about grief, loss, and perhaps above all about the human's doomed desire to control existence. Just when you think you have a handle on life, a green guy from Mars comes and forces you to recalculate the whole shebang.
- Fredrik Sahlin
Swedish: svt.se »
5. Dagens Nyheter

6 / 10

Translated from swedish: "Asteroid City" had its world premiere in Cannes and had a highly polarizing effect on the critics. Not everyone saw an overly blunt misstep in the protocol, some depicted a masterpiece.
- Helena Lindblad
Swedish: dn.se »
6. Senses

6 / 10

Translated from swedish: In summary, "Asteroid City" is insanely good when it stays right in the town of Asteroid City, but due to the unnecessary narration, the whole falls flat. And the lack of any extra material is also a sad minus.
- Henric Brandt
Swedish: senses.se »
7. Filmparadiset

6 / 10

Translated from swedish: I usually enjoy Wes Anderson's films, but this one didn't impress me much. It had the usual aesthetic style, but it lacked the emotional depth that I loved in his previous films.
Swedish: filmparadiset.se »
8. Aftonbladet

4 / 10

Translated from swedish: The longer the film goes on, the more one begins to wonder where it will lead and ultimately whether it will lead anywhere. It is debatable whether it ever will...
- Jan-Olov Andersson
Swedish: aftonbladet.se »
9. Filmtopp

4 / 10

Translated from swedish: Wes Anderson has become a parody of himself and unfortunately not a particularly entertaining one.
- Eric Diedrichs
Swedish: filmtopp.se »
10. Svenska Dagbladet

3.3 / 10

Translated from swedish: Is it time to give up hope on Wes Anderson? And when was it exactly that he lost his grip?
- Karoline Eriksson
Swedish: svd.se »
11. Kult Magasin

No Rating

Translated from swedish: I myself am not American and have no greater interest in the American West, its desert landscapes or culture. Yet the theme is so relevant that I would be happy to watch it again.
- Gabriel V. Rindborg
Swedish: kultmagasin.se »
12. Göteborgs-Posten

No Rating

Translated from swedish: Aesthetics is the message in "Asteroid City"
- Caroline Hainer
Swedish: gp.se »