Ad Astra

Brad Pitt is nothing short of phenomenal in this remarkable, poignant and visually arresting film from James Gray.

There's larger social commentary here, but the root of the drama is about a man learning to embrace the emotions he's kept buried for years.

For most of its running time, Ad Astra amounts to a rather somber and sterile two-hour orbit.

The film's Latin title means "to the stars." But the satisfactions of James Gray's project lie in a special branch of astronomy-not the study of planets, but of the supernova at the center of "Ad Astra": Brad Pitt.

It's a very somber and moody film. The atmosphere is achieved beautifully.

McBride is a man living without feeling, and Pitt's performance is beautifully restrained, expressing whole continents of emotion with the furrow of an eyebrow.

An ambitious film that’s wonderfully about how ambition condemns us — and instead encourages us to recognize the beauty that we turn away from in the name of what’s “essential.”

What is remarkable about Ad Astra is that Gray set out to re-establishing what it means to be a hero.

Some have called Ad Astra First Reformed in space, a branding I’m not convinced by, but I did find it enjoyable overall.

Brad Pitt's journey to Neptune is intentionally emotionless in James Gray's Ad Astra, a stunning tale of identity, self-discovery and rebirth.