The Answers We Seek Are Just Outside Our Reach.
| Cast |
Brad Pitt, Liv Tyler, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, Anne McDaniels, John Ortiz |
| Director |
James Gray |
| Screenplay | James Gray, Ethan Gross |
| Music | Max Richter |
| Cinematography | Hoyte Van Hoytema |
| Editing | John Axelrad, Lee Haugen |
| Sound formats | Datasat, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS, Dolby Atmos, Auro 11.1, 12-Track Digital Sound |
| Made in | 2019 |
| Produced by | New Regency Pictures, Bona Film Group, Keep Your Head, MadRiver Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, RT Features, Regency Enterprises, Twentieth Century Fox |
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| Genre | Sci-fi |
| Language | None (sic) |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None (sic) |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | |
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| PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Rated PG-13 for some violence and bloody images, and for brief strong language. |
| Runtime | 124 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
| 12A: Suitable for 12 years and older | Language, Violence, Threat, Injury detail |
| Runtime | 123 |
| British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Suggested age limit 13 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| 24.com Ilan Preskovsky  This isn’t for everyone, basically, but it would undoubtedly be a far lesser film if it was. | 15 |  |
| RSG Leon van Nierop Hierdie sensoriese reis, wat in oorweldigende beelde, atmosferiese musiek en briljante spesiale effekte uitgebeeld word, vervul ‘n mens met ontsag. | 16 | |
| Metacritic.com 54 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 290 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Ad Astra takes a visually thrilling journey through the vast reaches of space while charting an ambitious course for the heart of the bond between parent and child. | 17 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 15 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Tara McNamara Pitt flies high to reach emotional depths in sci-fi drama. | 20 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 219 users | 12 |  |
| Rottentomatoes users 4121 users | 10 |  |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 9 | |
| IMDB 26328 Netizens | 14 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 12 | |
Average .. 72% | 14 | |