AsteroidCity Review: Wes Anderson's Most Bizarre Film
is him doing his thing. A sci-fi romantic dramedy about a Junior Stargazer convention in an American desert town isn’t the gripping premise that you would go to a theater for, but when you’ve spent the last few decades making a name for yourself as a distinctive auteur, you’re going to have people show up for you.
The screenplay explores all the themes that you would expect. It’s about relationships and growth, and it’s all told in a cosmic way. Nonetheless, everything Anderson is going for creates an empty viewing experience. Asteroid City is devoid of emotion, feeling like a long series of scenes where events you don’t care about occur. The thread running through these scenes is so unbearably thin. Although it’s occasionally fun and quirky, it offers very little entertainment value.
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