The Astronaut’s Wife

Published: July 14, 2007, 9:21 pm

Tags: science fiction, thriller, drama, not recommended, reviews

Going against my previous thinking that this 1999 Johnny Depp/Charlize Theron movie wasn’t worth watching, I gave it a spin yesterday. Sadly, I should have stuck with my original thought because writer/director Rand Ravich clearly did a better job pitching this scifi-ish thriller to the studio suits than he did in getting the film in the can. The Astronaut’s Wife of the title is Jillian Armacost (Theron). Astronaut hubby Spencer (Depp) and mission commander Alex Streck go EVA to repair a satellite during an otherwise routine shuttle mission when something strange happens. The two exchange unexpected shouts and then lose communication with their shuttle. The other crewmembers take two minutes to get to them, apparently (this was never clear to me) Armacost and Streck are unconscious, and then make an emergency return to Earth. While there’s no apparent medical reason, the commander dies soon after and at the wake his widow commits suicide. Spencer gets out of the

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