Asteroid City, a new film directed by Wes Anderson, was released in cinemas in France this Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Discover the critics’ opinion.
Wes Anderson’s films are always eagerly awaited by French moviegoers. His last feature film, Asteroid City, is to be discovered in the cinema since this Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Presented in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, the director has once again left empty-handed. But his film does not fail to win the support of the press and collects the score of 3.3/5 positive opinions on Allociné.
The Cahiers du Cinéma believe thatAsteroid City “is certainly one of the most moving films of its author”, while Cinemateaser salutes a feature film “melancholic and wonderful, life in better”. For Here, the film is “simply splendid”, when Télé-Loisirs salutes a “visual splendor” which “is adorned with a deep reflection on our loss of bearings during the pandemic.” For Le Pariisen, this “delirious fantasy, halfway between filmed theater and science fiction comedy” is served by “a dazzling cast”.
But the press is not unanimous on Asteroid City. Among the disappointed, let us quote Télé 7 Jours, which considers that the film “turns quickly at vde” and that “the emotion does not surface” in this “proposal of cinema a bit too radical”. The specialized magazine Première considers that the director’s “miniaturistic delirium” “ultimately prevents life from springing from its frames”, “his cinema is more than ever locked in obsessions which run on empty and no longer produce any emotion ” . It is now up to the viewer to make up his mind in theaters.
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Asteroid City follows the daily life of a fictional small town in the 1950s, in which is held a famous scientific convention, which brings together young geniuses and their parents from all over the United States. But the competition will be disrupted by several unexplained events.
Once again, Wes Anderson has brought together a myriad of stars to Asteroid City. On the poster of his next film, we find the actors Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johnansson, Tom HanksJeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber or even Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie and Jeff Goldblum… Just that!
Synopsis – Asteroid City is a fictional city in the United States that hosts a science convention for students and their parents in the 1950s. But the event will be disrupted by several events.