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New Century of Cinema
DOWSE Guide to the
Movies
by Tony Lee editor of
Pigasus
Press
The Astronaut's Wife
100 minutes (18) EV
Director: Rand Ravitch
review by Steven Hampton
Here's a villainous role for clean cut Johnny Depp, as the rocket
jock husband of boyish Charlize Theron infected with his alien seed after a shuttle
accident leaves Depp host to something unknown. A minor X-Files type plot is
transformed into operatic modern horror drama about a broken marriage in faceless
corporate America. However, one too many genre references to everything from
Rosemary's Baby to The Quatermass Experiment, Cronenberg's remake of
The Fly and even The Village Of The Damned, eventually build enough
familiarity and forewarning that the film's impact is diluted. A reliance on only two
special effects sequences leaves the actors to carry the resonant narrative, and
frankly, neither Theron nor Depp are up to the task. Worth seeing, of course, but
expect disappointment.
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