Female Film Critics 24/375
Cannily realizing that space creature features are a known cinematic quantity these days, writers Oleg Malovichko and Andrei Zolotarev craft a taut and twisty film that frequently zigs when you expect it to zag. Even if they don’t quite nail the landing every time, you have to appreciate the filmmakers’ efforts to flip the script on this familiar subgenre.
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Sputnik has been called “gripping” and it’s been called “gross” — that’s a compliment. An alien catches a ride to Earth inside the body of a returning cosmonaut. The slimy creature only comes out of the guy at night, and its favorite food is humans, A female doctor gets involved for lots of suspense ans creepy scenes. The director, Egor Abramenko loves horror movies. And, I told him how scared I was.
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There is a creepy pall over everything in Sputnik. It has an intentional sparseness and frigidity that might put off viewers were it not for the strong and complex female character at its center. She’s brainy, fearlessness, and compassionate. With Sputnik, you might come for the alien, but you’ll stay for the heroine.
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