What a waste of my time!!!

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

I have come to appreciate a good sci-fi that does not hurt your eyes with 2 hours of CGI and high speed rapid fire images at the cost of a decent story.This is a wonderful role of non-weirdness for Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron has a wonderful presences in every role that she takes on. I cannot wait to see her in Fury Road.There are also many well acted secondary roles, including Joe Morton and Clea Duvall and Blair Brown.I love good science fiction and that is what this is. It hearkens back to the science fiction writers that I grew up with, like Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke and Robert A. Heinlein. With so much to choose from these days online, in the theater, on TV and decades of science fiction in the media, this is a good one to burn a couple of hours with, like a good book, a cup of coffee and a pack of smokes, when I did smoke.

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.

I sat on this movie for about two weeks without commenting on it. I liked so much of this film but I hated it in an equal amount. This is a movie that I can neither recommend but can't dissuade you from either.The story is pretty good. An astronaut named Spencer (Johnny Depp) and his partner trapped in space after an explosion and for a short time contact is lost. Depp's wife (the captivating Chareze Theron) waits for what seems like an eternity for information. Turns out he is alive but in a coma. He wakes up, gets out of the hospital and he and Jillian go home.But something isn't right about him. He just seems odd. Jillian sees him carrying on conversations with strangers and then brushing off her inquiries.In a movie like this it is almost impossible to get around the tired old plot device of having someone who works for an agency trying to get information out while his life is in danger. In this case he is played by Joe Morton as one of those sweaty, breathless guys who says things like 'I don't have much time'. I liked it better when Spencer's behavior was mystery that was slowly developing. I like to figure things out like this for myself, I don't like them explained.Jillian digs deeper and finds that the secret is buried in her own body. I liked Theron's performance as a woman who gradually begins to realize the gravity of her own situation. She is one of the rare actresses who can panic very well. I liked this character and hoped the movie wouldn't cop out on me. I did not however like Johnny Depp's performance. He comes off as one of those cold villains that speaks in a soft menacing voice and we are never given the opportunity to wonder if he is himself or if it's all in Jillian's head.The movie loses it's nerve in the last half hour. I found the ending to be confusing and trapped itself in tired old clichés with a special effects light and laser show that I have seen over and over and over.What I appreciated about 'The Astronaut's Wife' was the way that the is allowed tension build, at least for a while. There are just as many thing wrong with the movie as there are right. I wish that I could lean one way or another but this movie has me at a loss. I'm in the middle here and so is my rating: Rating: **1/2 (of four)

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.