Ad Astra

For those who reviewed this film as having no plot, they missed the lifts from Coppola's Apocalypse Now and Kubrick's 2001 Space Odyssey; man and technology run amok respectively. Other than the storyline thefts, the film is visually stunning and very well constructed. The space scenes were brilliant. An interesting watch.

A man emotionally crippled by his father's abandonment, seeking reunion, with fear and longing.
Brad Pitt gives an understated but strong performance.
Excellent and startling visuals and occasional gut-wrenching violence.

The human interactions of the characters are not reflective of highly intellectual people, as astronauts need to be, so not a very engaging story for me. Like a mile soap opera space movie. Hope the actors at least had fun filming the zero gravity scenes.

Depressing but poignant, a good film with great visuals.

not impressed at all with plot , but the acting was phenomenal!

Watched this in the theater's and it was incredible! Visuals were a 5 star. Apparently, others who watched it at home weren't too big of fans. I thought it was fun. Loved Brad Pitt.

There is so little actual plot content in this waste of time that it would play better as a 15 minute animated cartoon. The visuals are mostly very well done, the physics is not consistent but can be ignored, Brad Pitt's character is boring after the opening scene and the only bit of 'life' in the whole thing is the small part played by Ruth Negga.
I'll blame the writer for this under-cooked turkey; there's only so much directing magic you can do in the absense of substance.

If you have 2 hours of your life you're willing to waste then you could do worse than this movie and there are some who might still find this enjoyable. I thought I'd be one of those but this was a 90 million production budget wasted on a poor script and even if I were a Brad Pitt fan I'd have been disappointed.

I'm a sucker for a good space movie. This was another good one thanks to the great acting of Brad Pitt (Roy Mcbride). Great special effects. One problem though. Mcbride goes off looking for his father and not expecting to find him. I don't know about you, but I often research who is in the films I want to watch. McBride's father is Tommy Lee Jones (H. Clifford McBride).
??? Spoiler Alert??? Mr. Jones is listed in the credits so of course McBride is going to find him otherwise Jones wouldn't be in the credits. But don't worry, Roy gets to go through hell for our entertainment.

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Claustrophobic and lonely feel to much of the film, more psychological drama than anything else.