Review of Asteroid City (2023) by Eludiumq36 — 26 Jul 2023
"Asteroid City" (6/23/23, PG13, $46M boxoff, D/Wes Anderson) is a visually splendant, eye-candy film featuring high-contrasty pastel colors set in the American southwest of 1955 co-starring many familiar A and B-list names and that's about all that's good to say about this film that didn't break-even at the box office and here's why.
.. Wes has his actors engage in WAY too much dialogue and excruciating exposition with little to no action or intrigue. He directs his actors to speak in monotone with little to no facial expressions - this guy is deliberately making a boring film! Many, many reviewers give Wes a pass but why?! If a film school student made this, they'd be told to seek another career because they just don't get the FUNDAMENTALS of film making! The story, the plot, the performances are all just white rice bland, there's absolutely no entertainment value in this except for its color scheme.
3 stars only for the art/set/visual contributors.
This review of Asteroid City (2023) was written by Eludiumq36 on 26 Jul 2023.
Asteroid City has generally received positive reviews.
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