With Asteroid City, Wes Anderson Goes Where He Never Has Before

The filmmaker is known for controlling every detail, but now his symmetrical frames examine the vast chaos of the universe.

The year is 1955, and Augie is driving his three small daughters and his teenage son Woodrow to the remote Southwestern town of Asteroid City to collect an award for a science project at the Junior Stargazer convention. The Steenbecks and a handful of other families have converged in the desert to observe a rare astronomical event, hand out prizes to the young Stargazers, and enjoy the combined largesse of the U.S. military and the scientific establishment .

In a few scenes, Tom Hanks appears in his Anderson-oeuvre debut as the wealthy lawyer father of Augie’s recently deceased wife. The natural warmth of Hanks’ screen presence makes for a welcome contrast with the coolness of the prevailing emotional temperature, even as he masters the art of speaking rapid-fire comic dialogue in a rueful monotone.

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