The Astronaut's Wife

August. 27,1999      R
Rating:
5.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beautiful wife, Jillian, more often. Gradually, Jillian notices that Spencer's personality seems to have changed, but her concerns fade when she discovers that she's pregnant. As Jillian grows closer to becoming a mother, her suspicions about Spencer return. Why does it seem as if he's a different person?

Johnny Depp as  Commander Spencer Armacost
Charlize Theron as  Jillian Armacost
Joe Morton as  Sherman Reese
Clea DuVall as  Nan
Nick Cassavetes as  Captain Alex Streck
Donna Murphy as  Natalie Streck
Gary Grubbs as  NASA Director
Blair Brown as  Shelly McLaren
Tom Noonan as  Jackson McLaren
Tom O'Brien as  Allen Dodge

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Reviews

Contentar
1999/08/27

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Cleveronix
1999/08/28

A different way of telling a story

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Jonah Abbott
1999/08/29

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

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Fatma Suarez
1999/08/30

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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slightlymad22
1999/08/31

Continuing my plan to watch every Johnny Depp movie in order, I come to The Astronauts Wife.If you have not seen it, the trailer gives a lot away. I didn't like this back in 1999, and have never revisited it, despite the dvd sitting in my collection from about 2003. I remember thinking it started off ok and then nose dived. I remember cringing at some of the dialogue a talented actor like Depp was saying!! I still didn't love it this time around, but I did think it was slightly better than I remembered. I can't fault Depp wanting to try something different each time he made a movie. In fact he should have been applauded for it. But here he is saying some of the most cliched and predictable dialogue, when his career thus far was anything but predictable. Likewise Charline Theron, she is given some awful lines to say. There is a scene where she is contemplating something, and she is talking to herself, and it's awful. There is some dodgy cgi and pacing issues too, but it wasn't all bad!! I did like the ending for one thing. I'm surprised I didn't remember it. Overall it is not all bad, but it misses the mark. The Astronauts Wife grossed $10 million dollars at the domestic box office failing to land a place on highest 100 grossing movie of the year list.

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MovieCraz
1999/09/01

I know this movies' been out a long time, but I saw it last night for the first time. I came into it wary after seeing the reviews it'd gotten here on IMDb, and I almost didn't watch it- but I'm glad I did.The film starts off typical; astronaut is leaving for an orbital mission in space and his wife is of course worried and distressed. But during and after he comes back from his mission, that's when things get interesting. As it progresses the movie starts to become a psychological thriller and continues to slowly build up until I was holding my breath, eyes wide on the edge of my seat, calculating how this movie would or could end. It becomes clear that there are two different paths to choose: The astronaut is really a dangerous alien who's impregnated the astronaut's wife with alien spawn, or his wife is crazy and paranoid. Either way, it made for a scary scenario.The main cast is brilliant; Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron blend so well together. (and WOW are they young in this movie!) Both actors' acting is great but I think Charlize came out shining in this one. She MADE me believe she was in agony, inwardly and outwardly, over the situation. I felt her pain, which is hard to do. The script is decent, the camera-work well-shot, and the atmosphere: tense. I really thought it was astronomical. (pun intended)The only negative thing I have to say is that the ending sort of leaves you to your own imagination. Maybe you like that, but for me, I like closure.Parents, please don't let your child watch this movie. I don't think anyone under 12 or 13 should watch it. There is a major, violent sex scene, sex themes throughout, violence, death, (shown) suicide, murder, and attempted self-abortion via pills. I personally skipped the major sex scene, cringed at the suicide, and was disturbed at the attempted abortion. So once again, when it comes to children, approach with care. Maybe watch it before them and determine for yourself whether they should or shouldn't watch it. I hope you have appreciated my review. Please leave a like if it was helpful and go look at my other reviews! Thanks!

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LeonLouisRicci
1999/09/02

Here's a Theory Why Everyone on the Planet Hated This One. At Least Everyone On This Planet. It's Got Two Popular and Attractive Actors Playing a Very Unlikeable Pretty Boy Astronaut That is Abusive to His Beautiful, Trophy Wife That is in a State of Panic and Depression Through Most of the Film.Not Going to Sit Well with the Popcorn Crowd. Especially Couples Who Came for Some Cheap Scares and Silly Sci-Fi. This is Nothing of the Sort. It is a Relentlessly Downbeat, Creepy, Scary Time At the Movies.The Suspense is Unbearable at Times and There is Virtually No Relief. This is a Horror Show and Most of it is Horrifying and Grates on a Psychological and Emotional Level that is Distinctively Disturbing. It Will Remind Some of Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (1968) and it is Similar in Tone, to The Devil's Advocate (1997) Without the Humor.If You Can Take It, This is Quite an Onslaught of Unordinary Chills. It is a Cousin to the X-Files, a Popular TV-Show from the Decade, but More Unsettling, Kinda Like Millennium, an X-Files Cousin of Its Own, an Underrated and Definitely Downbeat TV-Show from Chris Carter and the X-Files Team that Lasted Three Seasons.This is an Underrated, Well Mounted Movie that is Worth a Watch If You Can Stand the Tension.

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Python Hyena
1999/09/03

The Astronaut's Wife (1999): Dir: Rand Ravich / Cast: Charlize Theron, Johnny Depp, Clea DuVall, Joe Morton, Nick Cassavetes: Basically Rosemary's Baby from space without suspense. A space flight returns two astronauts unconscious. One of them eventually dies while attending a party and his wife electrocutes herself in the bathtub. Johnny Depp plays the astronaut and Charlize Theron plays his wife. After savage love making she becomes pregnant with twins. Joe Morton plays a former employee of the space station who attempts to warn Theron of what really took place. Theron is required to act suspicious until she gives birth to E.T and discover that her husband is a refugee from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Director Rand Ravich does his best to rip off Rosemary's Baby with Theron even getting a Mia Farrow haircut. Depp is in the John Cassavetes role where he is required to creep up and startle Theron at every opportunity. Joe Morton tackles the Maurice Evans role where he attempts a warning. Clea DuVall plays the ill fate sister whose biggest problem isn't her fate, but the reality that her career came down to this. Since this film seems to be ripping off Rosemary's Baby then I strongly recommend that film as oppose to this scare lacking piece of guck. Boring snore fest about as suspenseful as a commercial for laundry detergent. Score: 1 / 10

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