Ad Astra's reviews
Media reviews
Cinemanía
"On its way there's a space for malickian reflection, western imaginery, a lunar chase worthy of Mad Max and music by Max Richter that's capable of draining oceans".
The Guardian
It?s an extraordinary picture, steely and unbending and assembled with an unmistakable air of wild-eyed zealotry. 'Ad Astra', be warned, is going all the way - and it double-dares us to buckle up for the trip.
The Wrap
A remarkably stylish and fascinating space drama.
Screen Daily
Though principally a meditative experience, 'Ad Astra' also makes room for some superb suspense sequences, resulting in a thought-provoking film with life-or-death stakes.
El Periódico
"While traveling through an outer space as majestic as it is metaphorical [...] McBride is searching for redemption. Thanks to that fascinating journey, Brad Pitt proves once again that he has found his own".
Empire
Existential but also intimate, 'Ad Astra' is a stunning, sensitive exploration of the space left by an absent parent ? and the infinite void of actual space.
The Hollywood Reporter
"Pitt is working the minor keys to sublime effect (as he does in his exquisitely wry, career-best turn in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood). But while less is more for the actor, that's not necessarily the case for the movie, which tends toward the obvious and often feels adrift in a suspense-free void".
Fotogramas
"Keeping a fruitful balance between psychological writing and a physicality-based film, Gray uses Roy's Odyssey to ask himself about where's the human element in a world dominated by bellicose instincts, capitalist machinery and the craving for greatness".
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote