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Best movie of this year hands down!

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The Astronaut's wife is a strange film to review. It isn't a great film- heck, I don't remember much of it, but it isn't bad either. The plot is basically Rosemary's baby in a science fiction template. Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron play a married couple about to have a baby when Depp, an astronaut is assigned a space mission. Something happens out there and although he returns in one shape something is amiss. The film is slow paced and doesn't really go anywhere, from what I remember. This is a film that should be considered only if nothing else interests you in the science fiction catalogue.

After an explosion in space and subsequent two-minute radio-out period, two astronauts return home to their wives. But they are not the same as they were.This is definitely not one of the more enjoyable performances from Johnny Depp, and comes across as off-putting and creepy. I understand this was partially the point, but even so it does nothing to highlight the talents of Mr. Depp.Although I cannot say what the film reminds me of, it seems like something I have seen before. The plot is so obvious, it just feels derivative and stale. Has this been done before? Is this a remake and we just don't know? And why is not all that good if the plot is interesting?

The Astronaut's Wife (1999): Dir: Rand Ravich / Cast: Charlize Theron, Johnny Depp, Clea DuVall, Joe Morton, Nick Cassavetes: Basically Rosemary's Baby from space without suspense. A space flight returns two astronauts unconscious. One of them eventually dies while attending a party and his wife electrocutes herself in the bathtub. Johnny Depp plays the astronaut and Charlize Theron plays his wife. After savage love making she becomes pregnant with twins. Joe Morton plays a former employee of the space station who attempts to warn Theron of what really took place. Theron is required to act suspicious until she gives birth to E.T and discover that her husband is a refugee from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Director Rand Ravich does his best to rip off Rosemary's Baby with Theron even getting a Mia Farrow haircut. Depp is in the John Cassavetes role where he is required to creep up and startle Theron at every opportunity. Joe Morton tackles the Maurice Evans role where he attempts a warning. Clea DuVall plays the ill fate sister whose biggest problem isn't her fate, but the reality that her career came down to this. Since this film seems to be ripping off Rosemary's Baby then I strongly recommend that film as oppose to this scare lacking piece of guck. Boring snore fest about as suspenseful as a commercial for laundry detergent. Score: 1 / 10

From about half way through, where the film should have been more and more exciting, it felt more and more like a drama about an abused wife. There were gaps in the story, or at least I saw them as gaps. There were story bits which didn't make much sense to me. I can't decide if the acting was bad or just the lines/story. In a thriller or sci-fi in general, you are expected to see things which are not exactly realistic. But when they get to point where they become strong plot points which don't make any sense, then the game is lost.At least the ending was cool, not perfect, but cool.With small changes here and there, the movie could have been much better, but it's not.I give it a 6 out of 10 because it had some good moments (including great acting by the supporting cast) and I believe the heart of the makers was at the right place.