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Asteroid City review: Is Wes Anderson film all style over substance?

Asteroid City review: Is Wes Anderson film all style over substance?

Scarlett Johansson in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid Metropolis

Courtesy of Pop. 87 Productions/Focus Options

Chosen US cinemas from 16 June; on normal launch within the UK from 23 June

Wes Anderson’s newest outing, Asteroid Metropolis, is probably the most Wes Andersonesque movie you may hope for. A pure train in type with little or no depth and a few irony, it comes at a time when the social media bubble is stuffed with AI-generated parodies of franchises corresponding to Harry Potter and Star Wars made within the type of the Houston-born director.

Set within the desert city of Asteroid Metropolis …

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