Astronaut's Wife

Pros: You can sleep through it without missing anything. And the DVD makes a nice Frisbee.
Cons: It exists

Did you ever see a movie that was so bad that you watched it again, thinking you must have missed something the first time around? 1999's The Astronaut's Wife is such a movie. Well, let's get this review over with so I can try to forget this ...

Pros: Good if you are looking for a 110 minute nap.
Cons: Implausible at best, drags on, Ending high in suckage factor.

Ok, so I know I have this annoyingly bad habit of watching movies that have been watched and BEEN reviewed eighty billion times over, but with this one I just couldn’t help my poor self.

So, it starts out with a cutesy scene of...

Pros: Charlize is pretty!
Cons: Everything else.

This movie is so damn slow, I think I got younger as I watched it. What is it with these pretentious big-budget "thrillers"? Why are they so afraid to actually try and scare people? There was so little that went on, I was afraid I would have...

Pros: Well written
Cons: some scenes are weird looking

I watched this movie last night for the first time. I am so glad I didn't miss it. The ASTRONAUT'S WIFE stars Johhny Depp as Spencer and Charlize Theron as Jillian.

If you like a movie that keeps you on your toes until the end, this is the...

Pros: Johnny Depp
Cons: Too many to itemize

I admit it up front; this movie is a total loss for anyone expecting any sort of quality entertainment. I can't really find too much fault with the cast. I mean, there was no overacting among the major roles, and acting restraint never descended into...

Pros: Makes you wonder if something really is out there
Cons: If there is, they'll destroy the Earth in retaliation for this film

If "The Astronaut’s Wife" had been a ten minute short instead of a feature film, I would still have had time to take a nap and do the dishes without missing much of the plot. As it was actually a full length movie, I went ahead and rebuilt my...

Pros: I'm thinking . . . I'm thinking . . . .
Cons: Not enough space.

I wasn’t going to bother to do a review on this movie fearing I would get just as bored writing the review as I did watching the movie. But then I got curious about what others were saying and came here to Epinions to read some of their reviews....

Pros: Good cast and good acting
Cons: What happened, where is the ending.

Spencer Armacos (Johnny Depp) is an astronaut, with a great career and beautiful wife. Spencer is young and got everything going for him. He goes on one of many missions into space and his wife gets a message that something happened. There was an...

Pros: Exceptional actors
Cons: Everything else

While I enjoy and admire both main actors, Theron & Depp, this movie was a very sorry attempt to entertain. There seemed to be a great lack of development in the story with little information as to "what really happened" while the...

Pros: Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, a few sci-fi moments
Cons: SLOW, boring, basic, cliched

From the moment I saw the trailer I knew what to expect from this movie. Another cliched, sci-fi "thriller" that would be ultimately forgettable and get a slew of bad reviews. It was a given! And yet this is another piece of evidence for the...

Pros: Depp and Morton
Cons: THE MOVIE SUCKS

With a title like "The Astronaut's Wife", you know you're not going to have a real winner on your hands. And yes, this movie does blow. Who does Rand Ravich (writer/director) think he is? He must have drugged Charlize and Johnny with some heavy...

Pros: Cinematography was GREAT!
Cons: The other epinions written about this movie.

Credits:
Director, Ravich Rand, Cinematographer Allen Daviau A.S.C. (American Society of Cinematographers)...his resume' includes E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, The Color Purple, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, as well as MANY others....

Pros: beautiful camera work
Cons: lack of plot, often disjointed storyline

When I took my 13-year-old son to the video store so he could rent a movie last week, I thought to myself “What the heck—why don’t I get one to watch tonight, too?” I saw The Astronaut's Wife on the shelf in the video store and I chose to rent it....

Pros: One more alien movie you won't have to see
Cons: One more alien movie you did see

As in . . . . . this movie was incredible if you like bad acting, ridiculous plots, and really irritating sound effects. I love all of those so of course I ate up every minute.

Obviously, I am attempting to use sarcasm to express my disgust...

Pros: Good looking actors, two minutes of action
Cons: The whole plot

I would rather watch Teletubies over this movie. The plot is shallow beyond belief, the characters are equally shallow and the only good thing going for the movie is Johnny Depp's good looks and Charlize Theron's Mia Farrow haircut.

Story...

Pros: One good line about good men being hard to find
Cons: That this movie is easily found at most theatres

Prior to viewing The Astronaut's Wife, I was convinced that no movie ever made could ever be as bad as Darkman. I can unequivocally say that this movie is the worst bit of cellulose ever created. I actually have fostered some self hatred for having...

Pros: Depp and Theron are ok
Cons: Bad plot with thin characters and no real semblance of an ending

I admire Charlize Theron. Here is a woman who is extremely beautiful and yet doesn't coast on her beauty and deliver flawed terrible performances. This woman can act and at her best she projects a vulnerability that is surprising in its frankness....

Pros: nice hair cuts!~
Cons: lack of plot, substance, meaning, sense, et cetera

This film is like a sausage, stuffed with fillers and unexplained content: unnecessary characters, meaningless scenes, and events that never seemed to amount to anything or shed light on the plot.

I like a good "alien" movie. Too bad...

Pros: Charlize Theron, Charlize Theron, Charlize Theron
Cons: Not Charlize Theron

Given that it borrows prodigiously from Rosemary’s Baby and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), both superior thrillers, logic would dictate we find the plot of The Astronaut’s Wife inherently compelling, yet the film feels uninspired, and lacks the...

Pros: Passable Depp and Theron
Cons: Confusing plot, unresolved questions

I just finished watching this movie, and will go back and see what I missed the first time. Because I must have missed something! The flic leaves me unhappy, not just because the ending was "bad". (the bad guys win) but because I have so many...

Pros: Charlize Theron's and Johnny Depp's performances.
Cons: Poorly Written.

After coming home from work late one morning, instead of being tired, I was wide-awake. I started watching the only thing on at that time in the morning. That was “The Astronauts Wife.” So, let me tell you what I think of this movie.

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Pros: Charlize Theron is always easy on the eyes.
Cons: Nothing else is.

My buddy rented this. Knowing his track record (his last pic was the snoozer Ninth Gate) I should have taken matters into my own hands....

Jonathan Depp (really, you're too old to still be called Johnny) is Spencer Armacost (what is it with...

Pros: Even the sex scene is really, really creepy!
Cons: Just a few loose ends

Charlize Theron spends about the last half-hour of this movie trying to do what her character in "The Cider House Rules" did shortly after being introduced, and then, at absolutely the last possible second, changes her mind. Viewers are...

Pros: None really
Cons: Everything

Well my title kind of says it all. This movie was WAY too long. I love sci fi, and I love horror movies, and I can't even BEGIN to imagine which category this one fits into. Perhaps this was a true "sleeper." The premise of the movie is...

Pros: Johnny Depp's Southern accent
Cons: Every minute of this painful production

I've always wondered what a cast of hundreds think in the middle of a production they must know is painfully horrendous. Does anyone stick his hand up and go "Hey guys, STOP! It just dawned on me... we're creating a BOOB of a movie!" Would that...

Pros: Tasty soda
Cons: The stuff between the credits

Redefining the film genre of "Insanely Terrible Movie That Made Me Gnaw On My Armrest and Yell Kill Me Now", "The Astronaut's Wife" subtly says to it's audience... "you're in for the most painful two hours of your life."...

Pros: Good sci-fi premise
Cons: Badly executed because it's so predictable

Writer/director Rand Ravich came up with an intriguing premise for this sci-fi tale: What would happen if an astronaut was, somehow, changed after he returned from a supposedly routine space journey? Who would know?

Good idea,...

Pros: The actors do their best with what they were given
Cons: The story is incomplete

That’s what I would like to know. The characters go through all this stuff, and the big question is, to what end? What is the point?

Johnny Depp plays astronaut Spencer, the wonderful and supportive husband of Charlize Theron’s Jill. Depp...

Pros: The movie is consistent, albeit consistently bad
Cons: Money was required to see this movie; no plot; bad effects

I like movies with plots, and The Astronaut's Wife doesn't have one. The premise is that astronaut Spencer Armacost, played by Depp, and another astronaut lose communication with NASA for two minutes while on a mission to repair a satellite. During this...

Pros: It did end.....eventually
Cons: The worst part of this movie is the 90 minutes before it ends

Okay, so we've seen the plot before. Somebody goes to outer space, catches a nasty alien bug out there, then comes back and there's a big fight to save humankind.

Except there isn't a big fight. And humankind doesn't seem to be at risk. And...

Pros: The scenes were very well written and the plot all came together very nicely
Cons: It was less of a horror and more of a love story gone bad

If you are looking for a show that will grab your attention, then this is a must see movie. Johnny Depp plays one of his better roles yet and with Charlize Theron by his side these characters create a near believing experience that is literally...

Pros: you can always watch species
Cons: too many to ist

This movie sucks. The acting isn't that great and the plot is dreadful. The action parts kick ass but it takes up only a little park of the movie.
I saw this movie because I didn't have anything better to do and I wish I could have done nothing....

Pros: --
Cons: Everything. Please, let this review be over quick... I don't want to remember the horror.

I wish I could write a better review condemning this film. I can't really explain why I hate this movie so much. My best guess is because it deceived me. I went to see it opening night in the theatres because the preview made it look interesting,...

Pros: Interesting premise, few witty lines
Cons: slow pace, bizarre camera angles

"Astronaut's Wife" never really gets off the ground.

Jillian Armacost (Charlize Theron) is an astronaut's wife, but when her husband Spencer (Johnny Depp) is involved in an accident in orbit, her life is turned upside-down. Though...

Pros: The New York apartment is really cool.
Cons: The writing does not help the plot.

Every weekend, my husband and I rent anywhere from three to five movies. They are split up into HIS, HERS, OURS. Normally, on a five movie weekend, they go like this: 2-HIS, 2-HERS, 1-OURS. His are usually, horror, slasher types, mine are of course...

Pros: Good acting by Charlize Theron
Cons: Bit of a wait for the payoff

So what's wrong with a "modern" Rosemary's Baby?? I enjoyed this movie - just for what it was, as it was. It had beautiful people (a gorgeous apartment) in a horrific situation and I bought into all of it. Johnny Depp's astronaut partner and...

Pros: Special Effects
Cons: A copy cat movie with no originality

I rent a great deal of movies, in fact, at Hollywood Video I am their best customer. I really enjoy movies. I watch all kinds from classic's to new releases. I think I have pretty much seen any movie that anyone can think of.

Last night,...

Pros: special effects
Cons: end is very disappointing

Even though a friend warned me against this movie, I saw it anyway. Now I regret it. It seemed to fail on almost every level.

First of all, the plot was not very original. It seemed to be a mixture of several other movies with the overused...

Pros: good story line
Cons: too many foreshadows

We rented the movie because we missed seeing it at the movie theater. I am glad we waited because with renting it we got to view it more then once. It will keep you in supense the whole time. It has twists and turns that will keep you wanting more. I...

Pros: Suspenseful; intriguing
Cons: Long-winded; conclusion too revealing

Your husband comes back from orbit and wakes in the middle of the night to listen to static on the radio. Strange? Indeed. What do you do when you discover that he has impregnated you with a little alien pet project? That is Charlize Theron's...

Pros: Charlize Theron's performance, great atmosphere.
Cons: No substance, lame conclusion.

New Line opted to not screen in advance for critics this
once-high-profile sci-fi thriller, but the film is far from the
flat-out disaster that decision would imply. In fact, there is a lot
of merit on display here, not the least of which...

Pros: Cool space scene, neat idea, cast
Cons: Bad everything else, climax is bad, no resolution

I will write this without using the letter "H"

Movie starts very strong. Great space scene, a small one but it is very well done. The concept of it all is good, but it just kept getting worse. First everyone is dying you keep...

Pros: Charlize Theron's impressive performance; great atmosphere.
Cons: The story makes not one lick of sense.

New Line opted to not screen in advance for critics this once-high-profile sci-fi thriller, but the film is far from the flat-out disaster that decision would imply. In fact, there is a lot of merit on display here, not the least of which is that of the...

Pros: A little bit of Johnny Depp is better than nothing.
Cons: Lousy movie.

I was really disappointed with this one. Not enough DEPP to make up for a slow, draggy, boring movie with absolutely no depth.

THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE is surely the right title for this movie. It seems to me about 75% of the film consists of...

Pros: Charlize Theron
Cons: Horrible Ending, just plain stupid.

During a routine operation repairing a satellite in space, Spencer Armacost (Johnny Depp) and Alex Streck (Nick Cassavetes) lose contact with the shuttle for two minutes when a small explosion occurs. What happened during that time is unknown.

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Pros: Cinematography and sets are perfect for a cospiracy thriller
Cons: The plot contains no thrills

“The Astronaut’s Wife” aims to be a sci-fi thriller with at least one good “gotcha” to make conspiracy buffs squeal with delight as they leave the theater, checking their dates for any observable signs of an alien presence. The key words here are “aims...

Pros: Had a lot of good ideas
Cons: Nothing consistant...tended to drag, nothing was explained.

I really wanted to see this movie. We had just gotten a DVD player and I was excited to view this on it. I enjoy Charlize and think Depp is extremely talented.

What a waste. The thing that truly bothered me about this movie was the fact that...

Pros: At least the film delivers some plot.
Cons: Cold, lifeless acting and script. Premise behind this movie doesn't make any sense.

Spencer Armacost (Johnny Depp) and Alex Streck (Nick Cassavettes) are American astronauts who have a scary experience -- while on a space walk, an explosion cuts them off from the rest of humanity for two minutes. When they return home, both are in rough...

Pros: good acting
Cons: bad everything else

Yikes. That's all I can say about "The Astronaut's Wife". This is the first non-Burton Depp movie I have seen, and what I would say to Mr. Depp is Velcro yourself to that guy and never do anything without him. With that on the record, on...

Pros: Held My attention and good acting
Cons: ending already guessed at the beginning

This movie held my attention from the beginning. The acting was very well done. Although, I was somewhat disappointed with this movie, it turned out to be a good Sunday afternoon rental.

It was a cross between The Exorcist, The Alien,...

Pros: i don't know
Cons: i don't know

I really enjoyed this movie. It kept you on the edge of your seat the whole time. This movie reminds me of The X Files because it was in that kind of theme. I would suggest if you liked this movie that you should see, The Sixth Sense, The X...

Pros: It has a plot...
Cons: ... but it doesn't have a fast pace.

The Astronaut's Wife (1999, R)

As Reviewed by James Brundage (MovieKritic2000)

Unlike the majority of summer films, The Astronaut's Wife has plot. In fact, it almost drowns in plot. What it lacks in is pace.

It does...

Pros: Depp and Theron, plus a cool alien noise.
Cons: A plot about as interesting as C-Span.

One of my roommates rented this movie, so we watched it. I have always been a Johnny Depp fan, and still am. However, this movie pales in comparison to Depp's usual choices for work. Basically if any of you have seen any movie from the lovely...

Pros: None
Cons: The whole movie

I have discovered the cure for insomnia.

"The Astronaut's Wife" is so dull and insipid; I could barely stay awake to watch it all. What a disappointment, and what a waste of Johnny Depp's talent.

The movie is about an...

Pros: One erotic scene and two or three startles (if you're into those!)
Cons: Only one erotic scene and two or three startles (if you're into those!)

If you've seen the previews to The Astronaut's Wife, you've essentially seen the film. However, you save a great deal of time watching only the previews and only miss a few seconds of surprises.

Johnny Depp is an astronaut. While I've never...

Pros: The Actors
Cons: Should of been longer

It starts out where two astronauts are in space trying to repair a satellite and for two minutes NASA loses contact with them and what happened in those two minutes is discovered later.

Both the wives of these men are called in to NASA. Not...

Pros: one scene has a waterfall in the house(it's irrelevant to the plot, mind you)
Cons: everything not involving the waterfall in the house...

Well, they've done it. They finally made a movie where every actor could have easily been replaced by a rock and where every scene could have easily been replaced by a wide shot of a highway with no traffic. And nobody would have noticed the...

Pros: Good performances by Theron and Depp
Cons: Rehashed role for Theron, and too many questions go unanswered

THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE

Gener: Thriller/sci-fi
Rating: R
Running time: 100 minutes
Released by: New Line Cinema

Charlize Theron has remarkable screen presence, as well as being able to deliver fine performances. It is...

Pros: Charlize
Cons: the plot the action the length ,,etc

Well it seems to me that you have more than enough bad opions on this movie but if you really want another one,,,i shall not fail you now,,,this movie was BAD!! really bad...wheres the plot?? wheres the end?? wheres the hero??? this is a soap opera or...

Pros: Good mystery
Cons: Wasn't popular at the box office

I just saw this last night because there aren't any good movies to rent so i just saw a description of this one, and decided to try it. I think it was a good idea. Basically, a man (Johnny Depp) leaves his wife (Charlize Theron) to go to outerspace. He...

Pros: Truly thought provoking
Cons: The language

The Astronaut's Wife is an awesome movie, it definitely makes you think about why people can change after some experiences in their lives.

Spencer (Depp) is trapped on the other side of a space ship for two minutes, what happened during...

Pros: zero
Cons: everything including the girl

In space they can never hear you scream. That's a good thing, since I wanted to shout from Pluto to Uranus about
the lame bunch that strung together this unholy mess. Basically, they stole the plot of Rosemary's Baby
and added a few special...

Pros: Solid acting, reasonable effects, occasionally tense
Cons: Been there. Done that.

You've seen Rosemary's Baby? You've seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Well basically you've seen The Astronaut's Wife.

It's not that it is merely bad, and it is quite bad. It is not that it isn't as scary as it should be, and it isn't. It's...

Pros: Johnny Depp
Cons: Everything else

The Astronaut's Wife was a severe disappointment to say the very least. Aside from a few wonderfully sinister and intimidating poses and faces by Johnny Depp (one of my all-time favorites)...the movie was drawn out, the suspense was hokey. The creators...

Pros: It reminds of what a bad movie is.
Cons: It is a black mark on Johnny Depp's career

Ask me why you should see this movie. My answer... only if it's free to watch it. Ask me why you shouldn't see this movie...Let me count the whys. #1 Its a cross between Rosemary's Baby and Dead Man Walking. This movie probably started out as a...

Pros: good acting, fast plot, Hitchcock type ending
Cons: can't think of any

Spencer and Jillian Armacus are a young couple obviously very much in love. They each seem to have a very high degree of respect for each other and understand each other immensely. He is an astronaut and she is a second grade teacher. The trouble...

Pros: Good Cast, Good Special Effects at the End
Cons: Plot Could Have Been Better

The previews looked promising; I almost went to see this movie at the theater. After watching it recently, however, I was glad I did not see it when I was pregnant. The movie should have been good, but still left me a little bored. Maybe it was Johny...

Pros: Charlize Theron's acting
Cons: predictable, poorly-paced

A beautiful young woman suspects that her astronaut husband might have been radically altered by an in flight astronaut. His partner has a suicidal freak-out, and so does his partner's wife. She learns that she is pregnant and so the stakes increase....

I saw the Astronaut's Wife because i like sci-fi movies and anyone who likes sci-fi movies would like this movie. The movie twist around reality into something that makes you think about space. The whole story just made you think and wonder if it could...

Pros: acting
Cons: the whole movie

This movie was such a disappointment! I really should have read others Epinions before I wasted the money renting the movie. Here is this astronaut, who goes to outer space, and for two minutes, loses contact with earth. Well aparnetly during these two...

Pros: Surprising ending
Cons: Johnny Depp as a blonde

My husband and I watched this movie on our "date night". This is a night where the kids go to bed early and we rent a movie and either order pizza or have sandwiches. On these nights we have to come to compromise and forgo the "chick...

Pros: Entertaining, but stupid.
Cons: Slow moving, acting leaves alot to be desired.

I usually like Johnny Depp. He was pretty good as an astronaut who returns from his space mission a changed man.
Charlize Theron, who has been in almost every other movie I have seen lately plays his wife. Her character was a very slow moving...

Pros: ALIENS
Cons: people

I guess u really have to be like an sci-fi freak like me to enjoy this one.I Did how ever enjoy it.

I really like the women charliz she is great to me playing the roles of getting duped by her husband's like in the devils advocate.I think she...

Pros: Johnny Depp looked good.
Cons: Too far fetched

I have never been much of a Sci-Fi fan, although the review on the box caught my attention, so I went ahead and rented it. In my opinion, this was one in a long line of movies I was glad I rented and not paid the big bucks to see in the theater! Yes, I...

Pros: some special effects...
Cons: no real plot or ending...doesn't answer what it suggests

I picked this movie up because it seemed to be a sci-fi psychological thriller. The movie was far from that! It was slow,losing your interest along the way. There didnt seem to be much on the thriller side. It was like,ummm what's going...

Pros: It has a good cast and it's imaginitive ............
Cons: It was confusing at parts

The Astronauts wife is movie that tells us, what if there is life just out floating in space that we just haven't seen or maybe that we can't even see. It goes into our bodies and takes over us. But this movie even with the incredibly cute acter it still...

Pros: Nice idea for a movie.
Cons: Poorly acted.

I had read some of the poor reviews for this film prior to watching it so I knew what to expect. This film has a really good (though far from original) plot involving two astronauts whose bodies are taken over while on a space mission. The Aliens...

Pros: Nice plot idea...
Cons: Typecasted actors and a boring movie...

Well, as my title says, "The Astronaut's Wife Sucked." This movie really drug and I'm sorry I spent my three bucks to rent it. I'm not sure if it was worth the magnetic tape it was recorded on...

Sure, the movie had a decent pair of...

Pros: good movie, great acting
Cons: plot can be difficult to understand

I really enjoyed this movie. It keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time. It had beautiful people (a gorgeous apartment) in a horrific situation and I bought into all of it. If you are looking for a show that will grab your attention, then this...

Pros: actors, acting, plot.
Cons: ending

I thought this movie had a great plot. And the acting by Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron was well done in my epinion. I thought a lot of their emotions seemed very real.
I loved the trickery at the end by Charlize Theron. I have to admit,...

Pros: Decent date movie for young teens and the squeamish
Cons: Not enough action; story was dull.

The Astronaut's Wife would have been a great movie thirty or forty years ago, but the times-they-are-a-changing. Johnny Depp, what I consider a major contender for our generation's Brando, is curiously listless, no doubt due to the quality of the...

Pros: intriguing set-up
Cons: unclear antagonist motivation

It's pretty hard to give away the plot of this movie and that in itself points to what's mainly wrong with it. There's a lot of sinister atmospheric set-up, a sleek production design, but ultimately we never really come to understand what the villain...

Pros: Charlize Theron gives a fine performance, starts out as a good thriller/sci fi flick
Cons: doesn't live up to its potential, leaves audience hanging for more details

The movie begins with a wonderful premise: Man goes into outer space, but when he returns is he the same man? I swallowed it hook, line, and sinker. I am a big fan of Johnny Depp, but this performance lacked...not because of Johnny Depp's acting...

Pros: Was only boring, could have been annoying
Cons: Boring, Unbelievable, Stupid, Long

This movie is so awful on many different levels its hard to review it.

First and probably foremost, it is boring. It literally never gets going. With the exception of maybe 2 scenes, the audience never made a single sound. I've never seen a...

Pros: Really details a bad movie so you know the difference!!
Cons: Just about everything

What is happening with this genre? Sci-fi films have not been great for quite a while (of course there are always exceptions) and this one isn't any different. While the plot was mildly interesting it quickly loses it's oomph as the predictable...

Pros: There are none
Cons: Too many to speak of

I am asking myself the question...how do I make this boring film interesting? Not an easy project.

The Astronaut's Wife is a film suitable for a die-hard sci-fi fan with ABSOLUTELY nothing better to do.

Is it the worst movie you...

Pros: it's relatively short
Cons: weak plot, uninspired, borrowed ideas

Do you ever wonder why certain movies are made? Did someone just have some money laying around that they wanted to get rid of? The "Astronaut's Wife" begs these questions. This must be why it only spent about two weeks in the theater.
...

Pros: Charlize and Johnny
Cons: really bad plot

This one definitly wasn't worth the $4 to rent it. It seemed like an ok idea for a movie. Astronaut goes into space. Has ET encounter. Comes home. Gets wife pregnant. Wife has to figure out if it is her man or ET's baby.I like Charlize Theron, and Johnny...

Pros: Charrlize Theron
Cons: Stupid

Is it worth seeing just because Charlize Theron is hot? Nay. It's an ok movie but it has so much potential that you wish you were watching something different. One of those movies where you scream at the screen because of stupidity. It is a good...

Pros: Depp and Theron
Cons: Depp and Theron in this movie.

I'm not sure what was worse. The fact that I stayed for the whole movie, or the fact that I didn't ask for my money back. This is the sort of movie that gives bad independent films a good reputation. At least they don't spend so much money and make you...

Pros: None that I can think of.
Cons: This movie made me dumber.

When my friends and I see a bad movie, we often heckle the actors on screen. I guess we want feel as though we got our money's worth and being a jerk in the theater is one way of accomplishing this feat. Afterwards, I usually feel bad that I may have...

Pros: Johnny Depp
Cons: A mediocre attempt at rich character development

Ok, there has been the cinematic share of asteroids and aliens to go around this past year. However, the more the theatrical/film landscape gets filled up by them, the more saturated our palates become with the stinging taste of "BLAH." So...

Pros: somewhat exciting
Cons: Bad Ending

I first rented this movie because It looked like something that had merit
I was enthralled at first but It fizzled out quite quickly. I to me seemed to predictable. I was an all right movie.... But it had no ending worth waiting for rent this movie...

Pros: Good plot, Depp looks yummy
Cons: Less action than expected, where's the alien?!

The Astronaut's Wife was a good movie but it wasn't what I expected. I expected to see more of an alien, I expected to see more amazing powers and creeped out things that Depp does. I expected his wife to figure things out quicker and to be more of a...

Pros: It is short
Cons: Bad writing, bad casting, bad acting - it manages to fail on every level

The Astronaut's Wife: two astronauts (Johnny Depp and Nick Cassavetes) are attacked while on a space walk and the experience changes them - literally. To get a feel for this movie, you need to take bits and pieces from Species, Fallen, and the Omen,...

Pros: Good thespian actor
Cons: .001 too much drama

Okay, we know the story...been there, done that.
Johnny Depp...we all know him, love/hate his work.
I remain middle ground, if it's good..it's good, etc..
This film, done by anybody else may have been a smash hit or a movie of the...

Pros: Uh, it's better than getting hit by a car.
Cons: Where to start......????

I saw the commercials, I heard the hype, then I witnessed the true horror - knowing that I can never get those 2 hours back that were stolen from me. A cheap attempt at psychological thriller horror, WEAK! If you want to see a much better version of...

Pros: Deja vu all over again
Cons: Deja vu all over again

I once had a photography teacher who chided me after submitting a project with the warning: “If you’re going to do it, do something no ones done already”. After several years of looking at portfolios of sunsets, flying birds and moon sets over the lake....

Pros: Charlize Theron
Cons: Ending is weak

I picked up this movie because there wasn't much else at the video store, and it didn't hurt that it had Charlize Theron starring in it ;-) The DVD is actually pretty well done, although there's not much in the way of extras.

I'm not going to...

Pros: It's shorter than Meet Joe Black
Cons: It's longer than the trailer

If you have any desire whatsover to see this movie, please resist it. Rather than waste the price of admission and the 2 hours of your life, go to the video store and rent Rosemary's Baby. This movie is nothing but a lukewarm re-hash of that film....

Pros: excellent cast
Cons: no element of surprise

I saw the previews for this movie some time ago and just now recently rented the movie. I thought it had good imagination however there could have been a little more of an element of surprise in the movie. I was able to guess what was going to happen...

Pros: I don't have to watch it again
Cons: the movie

While getting ready to view this film, I recalled the good and bad of Johnny Depp. I remembered his honest and improved effort in "Nick of time" and I really expected a hell of a lot more out of this film.
During the first 5 minutes...

Pros: suspense, "twistedness," cinematography (camera shots, filming)
Cons: no happy ending, no justice, and no closure

My girlfriend sent me to the movie store on Valentine's Day this year to pick out something we could enjoy after dinner. May I suggest to you that, if you find yourself in this position, do not pick "The Astronaut's Wife." However, if you...

Pros: last bit of effects
Cons: dumb plot

I saw this movie because I thought the previews were good but the movie is terrible. I recommend this to no one unless you have seen every movie out there. The plot could have been more evolved than it was and the characters were poor and the acting was...

Pros: there were pros to this movie?
Cons: it was awful. no story no acting nothing

Are you an insomiac, have trouble sleeping? if you answered yes then The Astronauts Wife is the movie for you. This movie stars (and i use the word stars loosely) Johnny Depp (Spencer Armacost) as the astronaut and Charlie Theron (jillian) as the Wife....

Pros: heartpounding. no kidding.
Cons: not the ending i wanted. ggrrrrrrrrrr....

After reading the top opinions on this movie, I really didn't want to see it. In fact, when my boyfriend rented it, I wasn't to thrilled to begin with, but after reading the poor reviews, I was almost willing to spend my night clipping my toenails while...

Pros: it leaves you thinking
Cons: bad ending

"The Astronauts Wife" was not quite what i had been expecting. I knew that she would become pregnant with aliens. But other than how far-fetched that is it was pretty good until the end.

There could have been a zillion better ways...

Pros: jonny depp
Cons: no point

I watched this movie because there was absolutely nothing else to do. And when it was over I wondered long after; in that 2 hr. span of watching the flic; what other, at least FULLFILLING, pointless acts I could of been doing.
So this astronaut...

Pros: Charlize Theron
Cons: Everything Else

That is the question I pose to you, ladies and gentlemen: Is the lead character Ricky Martin or Johnny Depp, or even some mixture of the two?

Insult #1: What was with the Southern accent that Depp had? It was decent when they lived in the...

Pros: Acting and special Effects
Cons: Plot

While watching 'The Astronaut's Wife', I couldn't help, but think how similar Charlize Theron's character was, to the character she played in "The Devil's Advocate. Her mannerisms, her fright, her confusion. In both films, she is the...

Pros: Interesting plot, good acting
Cons: too many long talk scenes

When NASA Astronaut Spencer Armacost's mission loses contact with Earth for two minutes, his wife is driven to the brink of madness by the terrifying suspicion that the father of her unborn twins in no longer the man she married--he may not even be...

Pros: That sexy man! Good storyline
Cons: a little long

I rented this movie..well honestly? BECAUSE I LOVE JOHNNY DEPP!He plays an astronaut<duh> who goes with a coworker to outerspace to repair a satellite..then an explosion,and 2 minutes of silence. They come back and dont discuss their experience...

Pros: Interesting
Cons: I got lost a few times

My husband watched this movie one morning, me figuring it was some space movie, slept through the whole thing, when I woke up, I was told to watch it!!
So to humor him I did!! I was impressed, not quite what I thought.
At first I thought it was...

Pros: JOHNNY DEEP!! Really good plot, too.
Cons: A little long

I just had surgery a few days ago, and I had a bad case of cabin fever. I was bored of just sitting around, so my mom ordered me The Astronaut's Wife on pay per view. I really enjoyed this movie (not only because Johnny Deep is hot, either).
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Pros: suspense
Cons: bad acting, boring

This is a bad straight up. The plot is not too original, the acting was even worse. Even though the movie is about aliens possessing two astronauts, that does not make the actors some room to be bad actors.

Both main characters are mediochre...

Pros: Great character development
Cons: Sometimes slow

I would consider this an above average sci-fi movie, because it had some new ideas and some interesting characters. The story is well written and the characters are well developed, but it did tend to drag in some areas. There were a couple of freaky...

Pros: A real twist at the end
Cons: no imagination

It was a friday night and all the good movies were rented that is how I rented this one. From the cover it looked like a half way digestable sci-fi but turned out to be lacking in many ways.The movie started out with an astronaut a wife and a...

Pros: beautiful antique radios
Cons: plot, acting, cinematography, pacing, soundtrack

It seems to me that the negative reviews of this movie stem from a misunderstanding of the film makers' intent. This is clearly not meant as entertainment in the traditional sense, but rather should seen as a powerful tool for spiritual cleansing.
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Pros: Depp and Theron were good together
Cons: to far fetched and unoriginal

I rented this movie just for something to waist time with and this is a small lead in. 2 astronauts go into space to fix a satellite and for a 2-minute period all transmissions with the crew are lost. In that brief 2 minutes something changes the lives...

Pros: It ended
Cons: the whole thing

Well... I went into this movie expecting something great....Boy was I disappointed. This movie had some good parts (like the preview)and that was about it. It starts slow and just gets slower. Both actors are very good...in other movies....so it sure...

Pros: it ended, Charlize Theron
Cons: too long

This is a somewhat slow wannabe sci fi thriller that kept me interested just enough to wait and see if there was actually a plot to this film. A must see if you are a Charlize Theron or Johnny Depp fan but other than that this would hardly be any better...

Pros: none that I can think of
Cons: storyline that's been done one too many times, poor character chemistry, not enough to keep anyone entertained for more than 1 minute

The concept of the movie isn't anything new - aliens and mating. There was something about the way the movie was done that made it almost amateurish. There was nothing compelling in the movie, there was too much information missing that made the movie...

Pros: slow and sensible
Cons: boring

As Johnny Depp goes this movie is kind of a slow, but with an interesting
plot and story line. As two astronaut's have an accident while repairing
a space station, they return home to their wives only to have seem to have
been possessed or...

Pros: I will seek retribution on Hollywood
Cons: I cannot destroy every copy of this terrible movie

I have one thing to say about this movie, "Bollocks!" This movie hurt me deeply. As an extra-terrestrial living among you on your planets, I am appalled that you portray aliens like this. What garbage. I will now launch a full scale war...

Pros: ok acting
Cons: bad plot,, no suspense

I have to admit, I am not the biggest fan of Science Fiction, but I do love a good one every once and a while.
Besides a very poorly non-thought out plot, and lack of imagination, there was a huge lack of suspense. I would not recommend this flick...

Pros: This flick has none
Cons: Burning it would be a public service

Well it can truly be said that the last of the millennium ran out of ideas when it came to movies. The production hype on this was much more exciting than the event. I hesitate to call it a movie rather it was just a film. It was not that the actors...

Pros: Big name actors.
Cons: Boring, no plot, poor ending.

Truly a very boring movie. The entire time you are waiting for something to happen, but it never does. The anticipation is there of something huge going to happen, but it never does. Johnny Depp was very dull and drab. It is an attempt at a science...

Pros: the cast
Cons: the plot

This movie started out with all of the potential that a movie could possess. It had a beautiful leading lady, and a brilliant leading man, but after that the movie sort of goes down hill. The movie lacks the scary "Alien" qualities that make...

Pros: The girl's a babe
Cons: there is no plot.

Don't rent it, don't buy it, don't waste your time. This was one of the single worst movies I've ever seen in my entire life. Well, that and Carrie 2. The plot was seriously lacking. It basically centers around a woman whose husband gets inhabited by an...

Pros: The credits were good because it meant the movie was over
Cons: Awful

I almost walked out on this movie it was so bad. I will never see another movie again that I haven't checked out on Epinions.com first. The acting was bad, the directing was bad, etc. Please stay away from this movie at all costs, even if you are a fan...

Pros: good plot
Cons: a little far fetched

Okay, judging from the other reviews there must be something wrong with me because I liked this movie. In fact, I just recommended it to someone this week. I am not a science fiction buff so maybe that is why I did not notice some of its shortcomings....

Pros: There aren't any.
Cons: Acting, Script, Cinematography.

Ok, here go's. Another movie with promising actors and good story line and the movie turns out bad, and I mean very bad. Bad script, and acting and so on. Plus this theme has been used so many times. What were they thinking when they made this movie. I...

Pros: Actors
Cons: need more action

This country girl thought the movie "The Astronauts Wife" was entertaining. In fact except for Johnny Depp acting "too weird" it was worth watching. Charlze Theron has to be Ashley Judd or her twin sister.
She as always was very...

Pros: Keeps your attn.
Cons: Johnny Depp as a blonde

This movie shows what could happen if we lost contact with an astronaut in space for only a few seconds. And the impact that few seconds could have on his return to earth. The acting is good the plot is suspense filled. This movie keeps you wondering and...

Pros: Well acted, aspects of suspense, realistic and original
Cons: lacking in the bulk, slow, and not what it could have been.

The Astronauts wife is a story of Spencer Armacost (Johnny Depp) who is a pilot for NASA. Spencer's relationship with his wife Jillian (Charlize Theron) and his life are normal, until he returns home from a life threating mission.

The Astronauts Wife showed aspects of suspense and scenarios to keep the guess work going, but overall it didn't impress me. It is a little slow and the story doesn't drive towards what happened throughout the course of Spencer's mission.

I expected more shocks and twists, acting on Depps part was well done, he is becoming to evil sided but he suits that role!.

This film had potential but lost it in the bulk of the story.