Review of Ad Astra (2019) by Michael Phillips for Chicago Tribune — 17 Sep 2019
At heart, though, odd as it sounds, Gray has created a pocket-sized version of “Apocalypse Now.” Ad Astra bends the Francis Ford Coppola Vietnam-era extravagance, about the rogue commander, Kurtz, and the errand boy, Willard, into its own thing.
Like Coppola’s film, and the Joseph Conrad novel “Heart of Darkness," the new film examines the limits of colonialist hubris. It’s also, and primarily, a father/son parable of betrayal, confrontation and forgiveness.
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This review of Ad Astra (2019) was written by Michael Phillips and published by Chicago Tribune on 17 Sep 2019.
Ad Astra has generally received positive reviews.
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