In Asteroid City, Wes Anderson has delivered possibly the most ambitious film of his career, broader in scope and loftier in aspiration than all his previous creations. In its relatively concise running time, the film parabolically explores the roles of art, science, religion, and civil society in constructing civilization. While the director has explored some of these subjects before—civil society and totalitarian politics (Isle of Dogs), the creative power and toll of art (The Royal Tenenbaums)—he has never distilled so much life and thought into one single film.
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