The Astronaut

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The Astronaut

2025

1h 30m

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After returning from her first space mission, astronaut Sam Walker is placed under NASA's care at a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth.

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

Oct 18

2/4

Sadly, it ultimately builds to a would-be shocking twist that is not nearly the game-changer it claims to be, leaving viewers with more questions than answers.

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Catherine Bray

Guardian

Sep 16

3/5

The Astronaut has a lot going for it, but, like the lead character in the opening scenes, it doesn’t quite stick the landing.

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Lovia Gyarkye

The Hollywood Reporter

Mar 21

Varley’s grip, her taut observation of nerve-wracking isolation, loosens and the film devolves into a blunt and clichéd consideration of family. The transition is awkward, and more cartoonish than moving, as the performers try to regain their footing.

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John Serba

Decider

5h

Send The Astronaut to Alpha Centauri.

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Tara McNamara

Common Sense Media

Nov 20

3/5

Writer-director Jess Varley delivers an engrossing, intriguing "after space" story that's only really weighed down by some low-orbit visual effects.

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Michael Gingold

Rue Morgue Magazine

Oct 18

What’s missing for most of the running time is a sense that movie is about anything more than it appears on the surface.

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Francis S

@Francis101 3h

It builds up a tension that doesn't deliver a coherent ending.

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Freddy C

@Freddy1910 16h

Uma história excelente com atores absurdos e uma criação de suspense espetacular com efeitos lamentáveis e uma definição abrupta isso é o filme. A história é muito boa com reviravoltas que te deixam com aquela fala: "Nooossa" muito bem contada até o momento final que ns hora de tirar 10 acaba muito rápido e não oferece a emoção do momento. Criação do suspense: Desde o início você tem a sensação de que algo vai dar ruim e a forma como vai acontecendo os fatos e acontecimentos tudo começa a duvidar se realmente tem algo de errado ou se a personagem apenas sofre os efeitos que o filme te conta, mas acaba momento de tensão o suspense e o medo da personagem vai te capturando mesmo com umas decisões burrinhas. Efeitos especiais: Os efeitos são o pior do filme criaturas com textura e baixa resolução tiram 100% da veracidade que o gilme está passando até eles aparecem o medo era real Final: simplesmente o filme revela o seu segredo e boom o filme acaba não tem nada de emoção ou especial.

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Pp N

@pxn.000 20h

It started off quite decent. It had so much more potential then how it ended… Don’t recommend it, felt like a waste of time.

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Danny R

@MeltedIceCream 22h

It's like Cocoon, but worse.

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Marc Z

@TKDLife 1d

I am surprised I never heard of this and that it did not get better reviews. Kata Mara, Laurence Fishburne, and Gabriel Luna are all good in this movie about an astronaut that returns to Earth after an unusal experience. Is she having a breakdown? Is there an alien encounter in her life? Is someone trying to make her think she is nuts. I think this one does a good job. It is well Directed and a good watch.

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AJ G

@ItstheGerth 2d

The Astronaut starts with a great premise, and a great cast, but it sadly ends there. The production value is poor, it looks like a student film made at his rich parent's country house. Continuity is lacking, combined with lazy portrayals of NASA, the US Army, etc... Toss in poor character relationships, that make little sense; and plot holes and omissions that insult the viewer. It could have been a great 30-minute episode of Black Mirror vs. a mediocre 90-minute feature.

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Capt. Sam Walker

Laurence Fishburne

Gen. William Harris

Gabriel Luna

Mark Walker

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Dr. Michelle Aiden

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Synopsis

After returning from her first space mission, astronaut Sam Walker is placed under NASA's care at a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth.

Director: Jess Varley
Producer: Brad Fuller, Eric B. Fleischman, Chris Abernathy, Cameron Fuller
Screenwriter: Jess Varley
Distributor: Vertical
Production Co: The Wonder Company, Wild Atlantic Pictures, Fifth Season, Bee-Hive Productions, Fuller Media
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 30m

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