Mark Kermode SLATES Asteroid City
2/5 Boom
This latest feature from the world’s most famous corduroy fan may nod cheekily towards the heyday of the Actors Studio (James Dean, Marilyn Monroe et al) but it’s as detachedly Andersonian as ever; a Swiss watch-style meta-puzzle of interlocking stories with a faux-nostalgic, sub-Spielbergian edge and a stellar cast acting like animated mannequins. Fans will doubtless be dazzled by its meticulous imitation-of-life-in-miniature visual aesthetic, yet I swithered between whimsical amusement, mild curiosity and outright irritation.share
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jun/25/asteroid-city-review-smug-wes-anderson-comedy-falls-to-earth