The Astronaut

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The Astronaut

2025

1h 30m

Horror

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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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.

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

03/21/2025

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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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

Mar 30

4/10

The Astronaut fails to sustain the complexity of its own questions. The feeling it leaves us with is that of a story that could have gone much further had it embraced its ambiguity until the end. [Full review in Spanish]

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Jayne Nelson

Radio Times

Mar 23

2/5

Architecture fans will surely enjoy the gorgeous glass-walled house with its stunning green views; the film's finale is effective, too. But there's a chance you'll have aborted this mission long before that arrives.

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John Serba

Decider

Mar 2

Send The Astronaut to Alpha Centauri.

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K. H

@RT41423953 2d

WTF ??? I just want my 1h31m back

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Emma S

@Chaapuuu 2d

What the fuck sort of plot twist was that!? It was so good to start with, what the hell!?

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Mark L

@RT59289700 5d

With a good cast and a promising start, it became nonsensical, an astronaut being assessed on returning to Earth, yet left alone at night to fend for herself in an isolated yet fully high-tech house. Viewers might also notice a scene that’s remarkably similar to one in the first Jurassic Park (if they stay with it long enough). A potentially good story that could have told in a much better way. Disappointing.

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David J

@RT99042485 Apr 26

It’s just Alien but in a nice house, complete with inexplicable gas bursts from the ceiling. Lots of footage of the protagonist falling down stairs, tripping over, and running down corridors without closing the door behind her. The aliens themselves look like a 7yo’s craft project. The ending makes little sense, but is also a blessed relief because the film is over.

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Mary M.

@RT02500099 Apr 24

Terrible writing, incredibly stupid storyline. Woman returns from NASA mission and is housed in a luxury home miles from civilization under government evaluation. She experiences medical anomalies but doesn't tell her medical team. Cicadas swarm the remote house, and she relies on Google for info, rather than contacting her NASA team. Just totally unbelievable. Ending sucked a fatty. I only recommend this to die hard Mara Rooney fans.

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Chris P

@cparm54 Apr 22

I was in the mood for something spooky and stumbled on this. It is listed as a "horror/sci fi/mystery & thriller." The sci-fi categorization should be first. They set up the horror side of it okay but toward the end it becomes a straight up sci-fi movie. I would break it down as such sci-fi 70%, mystery/thriller 20% and horror 10%. It's not a terrible movie but it was so out of line with my expectations and hopes that I didn't enjoy it.

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Capt. Sam Walker

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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