Wes Anderson’s highly stylized, enormously self-pleased, mid-20th century rococo set piece “Asteroid City” contains so many classic Anderson touches that it feels like the kind of movie that characters from other Wes Anderson movies would really enjoy.
No doubt some Anderson aficionados will find the play-within-a-TV-program-within-a-movie presentation to be utterly delightful. For me, it was just too much ado about nothing. As much as I’ve admired so many of Anderson’s exquisitely constructed films, from “Bottle Rocket” to “Rushmore” to “Moonrise Kingdom” to “The French Dispatch,” this particular entry in the Anderson Universe ultimately turns into a star-studded fizzle. It’s a little too precious, a little too look at me, a little too chilly.
