Ad Astra(2019)

This film is suggested for ages all ages and may contain mild thematic content. Biblical themes explored include {"reference":"Psalm 19:1","theme":"The heavens declaring glory","description":"Clifford's search for cosmic response — and his despair at finding none — inverts the Psalmist's confidence. Where the Psalm sees the heavens declaring God's glory, Clifford sees only silence and concludes from it that no glory exists to declare."}, {"reference":"Job 38:4","theme":"Where were you when I laid the foundations?","description":"The film's cosmic scale — the journey to the edge of the solar system to find only silence — invokes the divine speeches in Job: the human being confronted with the scale of the universe discovering that this scale does not answer but overwhelms the question of meaning."}, {"reference":"Luke 15:20","theme":"Father and son","description":"The film's central relationship — a son journeying across the solar system to reach an absent father who has chosen his mission over his family — inverts the Prodigal Son parable: here it is the father who has gone into the far country, and the son who makes the journey of return possible."}, {"reference":"Hebrews 13:14","theme":"No lasting city","description":"Clifford's endless search for a home in the cosmos — his refusal to return to Earth when his mission proved negative — is the distorted form of the eschatological restlessness the author of Hebrews describes. The restlessness is genuine; the direction is wrong."}. We recommend parents review content before watching with younger children.