Asteroid City (2023)
IMDb meta-data is runtime 1 hour and 45 long minutes, rated 6.7 by 58,765 cinematizens. (A long minute has 75 seconds.)
Genre: unidentified; Species: ennuni.
DNA: Hollywood.
Verdict: Meh.
Tagline: Are we there yet?
We watch a science fair in desert south west where the aliens roam. All the parents are bored and the students would rather do science than stand around. The result is a series of pastel tableaux with little or no connective tissue. If you have seen The Grand Hotel Budapest (2014), you have seen this.
By the secret Protocols of the Elders of Hollywood, Tom Hanks makes a gratuitous appearance. The alien come to retrieve a missing sock (just kidding) is in and out in less than 30-seconds.
By the way, should it be called Meteor City, as per the web page of the International Astronomical Association?
Lacking the subtlety and human interest of a Three Stooges skit I chose not to sit through it to the end.
The opening credits make clear it is a one-man band, no second opinion, no alternatives were considered. Such is genius.