Asteroid

"An unhappy family. FBI at the door.No Wi-Fi. Could this day get any worse?"

2021 1h 28m EN

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★6.0TMDB · 32

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Synopsis

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An out of touch family man moves with his wife and daughter from the big city to his dream house on the outskirts of a small town just in time for the apocalypse.

“An unhappy family. FBI at the door.No Wi-Fi. Could this day get any worse?”

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Cast

Cuyle Carvin
Spencer
Mattie Jo Cowsert
Lynn
Miley Rose
Zoe
LeJon Woods
Kenny
Richard Waddingham
Wilson
Elise Rovinsky
Mayor Mueller
Angela Relucio
Agent Thomson
Bristol Pomeroy
Agent Thompson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dylan Avery
Writers: Korey Rowe, Dylan Avery
Languages: English

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

CAST

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Cuyle Carvin and Mattie Jo Cowsert and Miley Rose carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "An unhappy family. FBI at the door.No Wi-Fi. Could this day get any worse?".

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt12838276 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Dylan Avery directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 5 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Cuyle Carvin and Mattie Jo Cowsert and Miley Rose carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "An unhappy family. FBI at the door.No Wi-Fi. Could this day get any worse?".
6IMDB entry: tt12838276 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Asteroid (2021)

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Wuchak2024-07-06
★ 6/10
Will a rock from space tear a family apart or bring them together? A man returns to his hometown in upstate New York (Cuyle Carvin) with his wife (Mattie Jo Cowsert) and teenage daughter (Miley Rose), but they’re distressed to learn that their location is on a collision course with an oncoming asteroid. The question is why? Despite its title, "Asteroid" (2021) is not a sci-fi flick in any conventional sense, such as something that appears on SyFy. It’s a quirky dramedy with droll humor about how a looming catastrophe negatively affects people with the potential to destroy them or unite them. The lush locations (and caverns) of Oneonta, New York, are a plus, which is located about 30 miles southwest of Cooperstown (pronounced oh-nee-AAN-tuh). As far as the cast goes, Cuyle Carvin makes for a quality masculine protagonist and his friendship with Kenny (LeJon Woods) is enjoyable. Meanwhile Richard Waddingham is reminiscent of James Cromwell’s Zefram Cochrane in “Star Trek: First Contact” (1996). On the feminine front, lovely Mattie Jo Cowsert as Lynn is a revelation and worth the price of admission. Sure, the teenage daughter is mopey and spoiled, but there’s hope. It runs 1 hour, 27 minutes. GRADE: B-

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