Asteroid City Movie Cover

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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Pictures taken without permission

Themes: Privacy, Respect, Work

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Gifted teen's competitive parents

Themes: Children, Comparison, Competition, Parenting, Raising Children, Rivalry

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Teen earns President's disapproval

Themes: Authority, Crisis, Law, Laws, Rebellion

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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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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

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