Johnny Depp,
Charlize Theron,
Joe Morton,
Clea DuVall,
Donna Murphy
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Science fiction blends with domestic horror in this thriller. Spencer Armacost (Johnny Depp) is an astronaut on a routine mission in space when something goes horribly wrong and it looks as if he's do... read more
Directed by: Rand Ravich
Release Date: August 27, 1999
Keywords:
johnny depp,
charlize theron,
pretty good,
two minutes,
comes back,
Johnny Depp ,
Comic Sans ,
Charlize Theron
DVD Release Date: February 8, 2000
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May 27, 2011Johnny Depp is one of those actors who has consistantly made brave choices throughout his career. There are few actors like him and although some of his choices work better than others, this is one that I'm sure he'd rather forget.
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November 20, 2009A terrible movie. Everything about this came off as pathetic and just odd. Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron were completely wrong for the parts they played and just made it even more obvious that the movie was unimportant and unoriginal.
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September 23, 2009It had is intense moments but at the end of the day it was a wasted idea!
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August 15, 2009I wasn't really wanting to see "The Astronaut's Wife," but my mom told me that it was good and that I should watch it. There wasn't anything else on, so I watched it. It turned out to be real disappointment in my opinion. Jillian (Charlize Theron) is the wife of an astronaut, Spe... read more
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June 29, 2008Creepy thriller about the aftermath of an astronaut's return from outer space.
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January 25, 2007Decent sci-fi thriller with, once again, a really awful ending that invalidates everything that happened in the movie before it. Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron are ultimately squandered, the plot seems unusually bare bones (with a lot of the time being filled by Charlize Theron ... read more
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Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Al Brumley, Dallas Morning News
January 1, 2000
Gemma Files, Film.com
Languorous and oddly detached.
January 1, 2000
Robert Horton, Film.com
One of the least endurable films of 1999!
January 1, 2000
Andy Seiler, USA Today
Houston, we have a problem. It's called The Astronaut's Wife.
January 1, 2000
Kevin Maynard, Mr. Showbiz
It's a real space bomb.
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times
The Astronaut's Wife is ridiculously derivative. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Moderately diverting thriller that builds suspense and entertains effectively.
January 1, 2000
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
In space, no one can hear you snore.
January 1, 2000
Betsy Sherman, Boston Globe
Theron is hardly ready to carry a movie.
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