This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The Astronaut's Wife is a poor reworking of Rosemary's Baby with a modern twist. Just to ram it home, Nick Cassavetes is in this whose dad appeared in Rosemary's Baby.Two astronauts are repairing a satellite. There is an explosion and a two minute radio blackout where contact is lost with NASA. The two astronauts return home to their wives but they seem different. One of them dies and his wife later commits suicide.Jillian (Charlize Theron) a teacher slowly realises that something is not quite right with her husband Spencer (Johnny Depp.) I think it is the way he suddenly materialises out of nowhere. Jillian falls pregnant with twins and an ex NASA employee warns her that something happened to the two astronauts in space. He also tells her that the other astronaut's wife was also pregnant with twins.Rand Ravich does an abysmal job as writer and director. The film is too derivative. Theron is too bland, Depp is just too sinister like John Cassavetes was in Rosemary's Baby.

In the beginning it reminded me of "The Devil's Advocate", then "Rosemary's Baby" and Alien". It's a shame that mixing those cult movies resulted in unpresentable and mediocre SF drama... Even Johnny Depp could not save this failure.6/10

The movie opens up quite slowly, showing the background quite well but not really building up for the main conflict's happening time. So the main conflict's happening of an explosion in space and the two minute radio silence doesn't really come as strong as it's intended to be. The story goes on well enough, building it's mystery elements well by revealing bit by bit of Spencer's peculiarity. Yet again, the finale conflict doesn't come strong. But I do like the twist at the end, opening up chances for future sequels or sort. Charlize Theron nailed almost all of the scenes well. She didn't perform well enough for me on the scenes where she was about to take the pills. But she did get into character well, as Johnny Depp did. He really can get into character well, although I should say that there's not much room for him due to the screenplay is not being detailed enough about his character.

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.