After the bloated French Dispatch, Asteroid City feels like a bright and breezy return to form for Anderson and has a pleasing drollness about it. If you're not a fan of his affectations then there's nothing for you here as he's rigorously doubled down on the artifice and confection so far it genuinely feels closer to Fantastic Mr Fox than anything live action. There's definitely a smattering of extraneous character work here but I found myself glad of a clear central theme which the previous film lacked. For those who can stomach it, it's genuinely one of his most digestible films in quite a while.
Review of Asteroid City
