"It's an extraordinary picture, steely and unbending and assembled with an unmistakable air of wild-eyed zealotry.”
★★★★★
- Xan Brooks, The Guardian

“[Brad Pitt]’s performance here is as grippingly inward and tamped down as his work for Tarantino was witty and expansive – it’s true movie stardom, and it fills a star-system-sized canvas."
★★★★★
- Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph

“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."
★★★★
- John Nugent, Empire

"In spite of all the jargon and the hardware, this is an intimate family melodrama at heart. Thanks to Pitt's performance and Gray's delicate direction, it turns into a very moving one.”
★★★★
- Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent 

“It's often thrilling, occasionally improbable, sometimes confounding, but like its director, 'Ad Astra' is never bound by the gravitational pull of the ordinary.”
★★★★
- Philip De Semlyen, Time Out