I noticed this movie last night when checking the TV timetables. Johnny Depp it said. And a bit of Sci-Fi and horror.
Anyways, The Astronaut’s Wife is
a mix of a horror and sci-fi. The story is intriguing: two
astronauts lose contact for 2 minutes, are rescued and sent to earth.
The wifes of them notice strange things. Guess what: they get pregnant.
One commits suicide. A lot of relatives get killed. A fired scientist too (guess why?). Johnny gets killed. Wife survives and delivers her babies (of course). Whoa. Babies? Yes: twins. You know, it can’t get more evil than that.
I mean: aliens and twins are pretty interchangable, you know what I
mean? And then the movie ends. We can only hope there won’t be a
‘The Astronaut’s Wife part II’.
Director Ravich plays a lot with the colours of the scenes, and only
those snapshots of the environment are interesting: lots of blue
coloured shots, from NASA rooms to appartments. Charlize Theron (you
know the one that played the evil half-sister in ‘The Devil’s Advocate)
does a fair job: apparantly it was her first leading character role.
Surprise appearance by Donna Murphy (StarTrek Insurrection), who
alas kills herself (I wonder why a good actress [BroadWay] like
her doesn’t try to get better roles? She appears to be a wonderful
singer). And Johnny Depp? He does better in other movies.
If you want to get scared for a half an hour and enjoy watching
arty-blue-decors, go ahead. If you’re a fan of mrs. Murphy, cut out the
first 20 minutes (or was that less?) and burn the rest. In other
cases, rent Rosemary’s Baby. I’ve heard that Ravich was heavily
inspired by that one.