Ad Astra (2019)

Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.

Director:

James Gray

Writers:

James Gray, Ethan Gross

Stars:

Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 58 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brad Pitt	...	Roy McBride
Tommy Lee Jones	...	H. Clifford McBride
Ruth Negga	...	Helen Lantos
Donald Sutherland	...	Thomas Pruitt
Kimberly Elise	...	Lorraine Deavers
Loren Dean	...	Donald Stanford
Donnie Keshawarz	...	Captain Lawrence Tanner
Sean Blakemore	...	Willie Levant
Bobby Nish	...	Franklin Yoshida
LisaGay Hamilton	...	Adjutant General Vogel
John Finn	...	Brigadier General Stroud
John Ortiz	...	Lieutenant General Rivas
Freda Foh Shen	...	Captain Lu
Kayla Adams	...	Female Flight Attendant
Ravi Kapoor	...	Arjun Dhariwal

Storyline

Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.

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Plot Keywords:

astronaut | outer space | father son relationship | moon | missing father | 

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Taglines:

The Answers We Seek Are Just Outside Our Reach

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violence and bloody images, and for brief strong languag

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the second movie with Donald Sutherland and Liv Tyler together, the other movie is Reign Over Me (2007)

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Goofs

The Heliopause is a lot further out than Neptune. And there is anyway no need to go far out in the solar system for astronomy.

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Quotes

Roy McBride: The attack it was full of rage. I understand that rage. I've seen that rage in my father and I've seen that rage in me. Because I'm angry that he took off. He left us. You know but when I look at that anger, if I push it aside and just put it away all I see is hurt. I just see pain. I think it keeps me walled off walled off from relationships and opening myself up and, you know, really caring for someone. And I don't know how to get past that.I don't know how to get around that. And it worries ...

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Crazy Credits

There is no fanfare during the 20th Century Fox logo.

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Connections

Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: The Universally Lego Movie (2019)

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Soundtracks

(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo
from Orchestra Wives (1942)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Performed by L'Orchestre de Glenn Miller (as The Glenn Miller Orchestra)

User Reviews

Disappointing. Would strongly not recommend.

It's a very bad movie. I don't know why it is rated so high. Firstly, it's a space opera but the character development and exposition and is sub-par at best. The motivations and behaviors of the characters are absurd. Don't even get me started on the scientific explanations. It is a big budget movie. They could have hired someone to make legitimate explanations. It's just massively insulting that they didn't even try. Story is just not good.

The visuals are beautiful and the VFX look good but honestly, they could be so much better. Looks like the director intentionally didn't want the movie to be about the visuals but rather about the characters. But the characters are uninteresting and not developed well. It's just disappointing. There is one action scene. A space fight on the moon in lunar buggies. Yet, even THAT, an space fight on lunar surface, is boring and very uninteresting.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

China USA Brazil

Language:

English Norwegian

Release Date:

20 September 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ad Astra

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,001,398, 22 September 2019

Gross USA:

$50,188,370

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$127,461,872

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Regency Productions, Bona Film Group, CAA Media Finance

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Atmos DTS (DTS: X) IMAX 6-Track Auro 11.1 Datasat 12-Track Digital Sound (IMAX version) Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1