Asteroid City
PG-13, 2023, Focus Features
Director:
Wes Anderson
Starring:
Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks
Plot:
Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.
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Gifted teen's competitive parents
Themes: Children, Comparison, Competition, Parenting, Raising Children, Rivalry
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We're doomed
Themes: Being Lost, Fear, Pessimism
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Weapons escalate tensions
Themes: Conflict, Fighting, Quarreling
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Car mechanic delivers bad news
Themes: Bad News, Facing Trials, Problems
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Atheist finds no comfort in death
Themes: Afterlife, Death, Grief, Heaven, Heaven and Hell, Parenting, Single Dad, Unbelief, Unbelievers
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Teen connects with kindred souls
Themes: Acceptance, Awkwardness, Friendship, Relationships, Teen Issues
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Wounded couple bad parents
Themes: Motherhood, Parenting, Priorities, Raising Children, Scars, Self-Centered, Wounded
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Boy feels significant with dares
Themes: Acceptance, Accepting a Dare, Approval, Father-Son, Self-Worth, Significance
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Men apathetic to alien visit
Themes: Apathy, Purpose, Questions, Understanding
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Actor struggles to find meaning
Themes: Being Lost, Pain, Purpose, Questioning God, Questions, Understanding