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.

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.”