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Asteroid City review: Is Wes Anderson film all style over substance?

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Scarlett Johansson in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City

Courtesy of Pop. 87 Productions/Focus Features

Selected US cinemas from 16 June; on general release in the UK from 23 June

Wes Anderson’s latest outing, Asteroid City, is the most Wes Andersonesque film you could hope for. A pure exercise in style with very little depth and some irony, it comes at a time when the social media bubble is filled with AI-generated parodies of franchises such as Harry Potter and Star Wars made in the style of the Houston-born director.

Set in the desert town of Asteroid City …

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