Review of Asteroid City (2023) by Josh Larsen for LarsenOnFilm — 15 Jun 2023
Asteroid City might be Anderson’s bleakest film, bordering, at times, on nihilistic. His comedies have always had a mordant edge—both The Royal Tenenbaums and The Darjeeling Limited directly address suicide and grief—yet they usually employ despair as a starting point, from which the characters move toward healing of some kind.
In contrast, Asteroid City—like the rumbling reverberations of those atomic explosions—quivers with disquietude throughout.
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This review of Asteroid City (2023) was written by Josh Larsen and published by LarsenOnFilm on 15 Jun 2023.
Asteroid City has generally received positive reviews.
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