New Line Cinema | Release Date: August 27, 1999
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ProlificApr 25, 2021
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Chignon24May 10, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Factual Errors

When Captain Streck is having his medical episode in the hospital, the medical team is putting an Ambu bag over his nose and mouth while he is thrashing around screaming. A bag valve mask (BVM) like this is a hand-held device commonly used to provide positive pressure ventilation to patients who are not breathing or not breathing adequately. That is certainly not the case here.
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oustApr 26, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Incorrectly regarded as goofs At the end of the movie, when Jill is talking to her new husband, he calls her Susan. This is due to the fact that she probably changed her name after Spencer's death (she also seems to have changed her appearance). Expand
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DefameApr 28, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. According to the script and novelization, Spencer has formed a telepathic link with the twins his wife is carrying. The fetal twins emitted supersonic pulses which tuned with their father's senses. This explains why the alien always managed to track down Jillian wherever she went. Expand
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Spar154May 8, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A creepy film, beautifully photographed, with very evocative images, conveying moods and impressions very well.

It's not for you if you expect a lot of action, because it's more in the horror-suspense, "happens in your head" tradition.

Although the ending was a bit weak, this one will haunt me for many years.
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Mysteria143Sep 13, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think the astronaut's wife was a creepy film that gives off body snatcher vibes. Depp embodies sex appeal and suspense as his character is compromised. This movie is not ground breaking by any means, but it does keep the audience in suspense. Expand
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Surg3onJul 24, 2013
I always bring this film this film up when talking to my wife about the worst film I have ever watched. No redeeming features at all. One of the few movies I have wanted to walk out on.
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JohnnyStephensAug 24, 2013
Actually, it could have been a classic thriller. It's not so bad if you think about it and watch it for a second time. It's not one of Depp's and Theron's best, but COME ON!! It's not bad.
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GagaForGhibliJul 29, 2012
Not A Good Movie At All!
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ConsortApr 24, 2021
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DiameterApr 27, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When Mr. Reese tracks Jillian to the toy store, he opens his briefcase to show her documents. The lock code was set to '666 Expand
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Xlyophone199May 6, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Factual errors Jill plugs in the radio while it is sitting in a sink full of water, electrocuting her husband. The electrocution lasts quite a few seconds and involves an overhead light bulb string sequentially exploding and showering the room with sparks. When an item like this shorts out in this manner, it will trip the circuit breaker almost immediately. Besides, there would be no reason for the light bulbs to explode as there is no additional current going through them now than there would be prior to the short, and they are not involved in the short of the radio as it is. At most, they would simply go out when the circuit breaker tripped if they were on the same circuit. Expand
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Veranda44May 9, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nan: Men are like parking spaces: all the good ones are taken, and the available ones are handicapped.

Jillian Armacost: Do you know the story of the princess whose beloved prince dies in battle? The enemy prince after overrunning the castle finds the princess and forces himself upon her. Months later the princess is with child... but whose? It's either the child of her enemy, the man that killed her husband, the man that raped her... in which case she will kill herself and the child. Or it's the child of her prince. The only thing she has left of him, a part of him still alive within her kept safe inside her, in which case... But how would she know until it was too late? How will she know until the child is born and she can see its eyes?
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Castor600May 12, 2021
Certainly underrated

After checking the rating for this movie, I prepared myself for a boring and dull movie, but instead found quite the opposite. The best side of the movie was actors (Jonny Depp and Charlize Theron) who really made the
Certainly underrated

After checking the rating for this movie, I prepared myself for a boring and dull movie, but instead found quite the opposite. The best side of the movie was actors (Jonny Depp and Charlize Theron) who really made the movie alive. The story wasn't bad either, with slowly building up pressure and having nice little twitches and ending as well. If you like psychological movie with some Sci-Fi in it, then you wont be disappointed. Only thing I found little bit annoying about this movie was, that at some points the storyline was scrolled forward too roughly. My overall rating is 8 out of 10 and recommend it to all who like to see Jonny Depp in action in a fine movie.
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Vial44May 1, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Plot holes When examining Reese's things, Jillian comes across a Newsweek magazine with a cover story of the accident in space and a cover picture of a B-58. There is no conceivable explanation nor storyline of why a front line story would use a picture of an aircraft retired practically 30 years before the mission. Expand
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Maxilla328May 14, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Synopsis Spencer, an honored astronaut (Depp) and his beautiful school-teacher wife Jillian (Theron) face an inexplicable terror when Spencer loses total consciousness while on a routine space shuttle mission, returning home just barely alive and a bewildered, changed hero. (New Line Cinema) Expand
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Ulna319May 17, 2021
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raciocinioOct 21, 2015
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Carouse97May 14, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The DVD includes an alternate ending: When Spencer is killed, Jillian is not possessed by the alien. Instead, she moves out to the country. Sitting beneath a tree, looking up at the stars, she tunes her radio to the same signals Spencer was receiving while possessed by the alien - her twin babies controlling her movements from inside the womb, listening - and waiting... Expand
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solomsApr 17, 2015
Charlize Theron and Johnny Deep appeared in the film and carry out their duties however the movie sin in history and achievement. Charlize gave life to this movie. not enought
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LexingtonD.Jul 28, 2007
Without question, the worst film I have ever seen. I viewed this at a dollar theatre and nearly requested a refund. The same 15 minute scene appears to be rehashed with a few minor changes in dialogue six times, followed by an inexplicable Without question, the worst film I have ever seen. I viewed this at a dollar theatre and nearly requested a refund. The same 15 minute scene appears to be rehashed with a few minor changes in dialogue six times, followed by an inexplicable ending that, despite being heavily telegraphed throughout the film, is far too obtuse to be taken seriously. An absolute waste of a proven cast. Expand
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truerockMay 24, 2023
I just went back and watched chapter 12 of this movie where Joe Morton as Sherman Reese (NASA Representative) meets Charlize Theron as Jillian Armacost in a baby store. To me, this is an amazing example of acting, writing and directing beingI just went back and watched chapter 12 of this movie where Joe Morton as Sherman Reese (NASA Representative) meets Charlize Theron as Jillian Armacost in a baby store. To me, this is an amazing example of acting, writing and directing being in perfect alignment. I love that scene. Joe Morton is brilliant.

This movie has not received good reviews. I think if you know going in that there is a lot of things having to do with depression and unhappiness it might seem to make this film worthwhile.
So, if it is viewed knowing that as a psychological drama it might seem more interesting.
But, it lacks things like excitement and happiness that make a plot more fun.
Not every movie needs to be fun and exciting. There are other things that are interesting from a different perspective.
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