The Astronaut's Wife
1999 · Movie · R · 109 min · ★ 5.6 · 26% critics
After a dangerous space mission and a brief loss of contact, an astronaut returns home and chooses a quieter job to be closer to his wife. But as she notices unsettling changes in his behavior and becomes pregnant, her doubts grow into a desperate need to understand what really happened up there.
Also known as Astronauts Wife · La Femme de l'Astronaute
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Details
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-08-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 26/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (986 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like slow-burn sci-fi thrillers about paranoia in a marriage and creeping dread, in the vein of Fire in the Sky or Sphere; Not for you if you want fast action or clear answers.
Pros: tense, unsettling mood; strong lead performances; intriguing sci-fi mystery | Cons: slow pacing; derivative story beats; uneven payoff
Themes
- mission
- husband wife relationship
- nasa
- pregnancy
- space travel
- alien
- space
- astronaut
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Rand Ravich