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They were the perfect all-American couple - a courageous, honored NASA astronaut (Johnny Depp) and his beautiful school-teacher wife (Charlize Theron). And in two minutes it all turned to inexplicable terror when astronaut Spencer Armacost loses total consciousness while on a bold space shuttle mission, returning home just barely alive and a bewildered hero. The President, the nation and his friends celebrate his safe return, but to his wife Jillian something seems strangely amiss from the moment he returns to earth. Turning from a NASA career to a lucrative rocket-designing job in the private sector, Spencer and Jillian move to a lavish new apartment in Manhattan. Soon after, Jillian finds out she is expecting. But something is not quite right with this dream pregnancy, either. As her pregnancy advances, Jillian descends into a nightmare. Is it just pre-partum hormonal craziness, or is there something terribly wrong with Jillian's husband and babies? Is she just paranoid or is there really a conspiracy between Spencer, her doctors and even her closest family and friends to keep her in the dark? And is it just an embittered former NASA employee's fantasy, or is she really carrying inside her the end of humanity as we know it?
"Ravich gives the film a clean, sensuous look and tarts it up stylishly..." Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"A feverishly stylish film in the...vein of Rosemary's Baby." Carrie Rickey, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"...looks and sounds fabulous..." Mike Kerrigan, Box Office Magazine
"One scary, edge-of-your-seat nightmare." Louis B. Hobson, Calgary Sun
Editor's Note
In this psychological thriller, NASA astronaut Spencer Armacost (Depp) and his wife Jillian's (Theron) lives are propelled into utter dismay upon Spencer's return home from a space mission that lost contact with Earth for two minutes. What happened during those frightening 120 seconds in space will effect their marriage, sanity, and ultimately threaten their lives. Screenwriter Rand Ravich's (CANDYMAN - FAREWELL TO THE FLESH) directorial debut.
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Release Information
| | Studio: New Line |
| Release Date: 2/3/2004 |
| Running Time: 110 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1999 | | Catalog ID: 4906 | | UPC: 00794043490620 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...Aggressively stylish..." 8/30-9/5/1999 p.51Sight and Sound
"...Genuinely chilling....Depp offers an acidic, unsettling study of the Right Stuff gone wrong..." 12/??/1999 p.36-7 Box Office
"...The movie looks and sounds fabulous..." 11/01/1999 p.170 USA Today
"...[Featuring] good performances, including the one by Depp, that chameleon of acting....[Morton] is especially good..." 08/30/1999 p.4D Chiocago Sun-Times 4 of 10
It builds suspense with exquisite care, only to release it with more or less exactly what we've been anticipating... The Astronaut's Wife didn't have good buzz. New Line Cinema, indeed, declined to hold advance critics' screenings - sometimes an ominous sign. In fact, the movie's better than its rep; the setup is tantalizing, and if the payoff is a disappointment, it's not a disgrace. - Roger Ebert
San Francosco Chronicle 7 of 10
The film is as good as or better than the average Hollywood release. It's scary. It's well-acted. It's filmed with a degree of flash and elegance. About the only negative thing that can be said about it is that it doesn't quite satisfy at the finish... Until that point, `The Astronaut's Wife is a strong thriller. Depp plays a shuttle astronaut who loses contact with NASA for two minutes... Depp is fine, though the one-note role calls for him to be only calm and spooky. As the wife, Theron gets the real emotional workout, and she's up to it... - Mick LaSalle
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