Ugh. This was not a good movie. As I continue my little odyssey through the cloned server that Rob gave me, I'm sure there will be other missteps along the way but not this one. I deleted it immediately. Dr. Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman) is a divorced mother and a psychiatrist on the side. When one of her patients (Veronica Cartwright) says that her abusive husband has completely changed his personality, Carol nods wisely and prescribes medication. What she doesn't know is that a recent space shuttle crash has brought with it an infestation of alien spores that begin to infect the local populace, conveniently beginning with her ex-husband (Jeremy Northam) who is due to take their son (Jackson Bond) for his share of custody. Already upset at the thought of parting from her child even for a moment, Carol becomes increasingly suspicious of her ex who has undergone a dramatic personality shift of his own. She confides her concerns to her boyfriend, James Bond (Daniel Craig), and he enlists his friend and contemporary, Felix Leiter (Jeffery Wright), to help figure out the problem. Felix discovers the truth about the aliens and goes to mobilize the military while Carol and Bond track down Carol's son, who is conveniently immune to the spores.
The original Invasion of the Body Snatchers and its subsequent remakes were about being stealthily invaded by a hostile force, which makes sense at the beginning of the Cold War when everyone was terrified of Russian sleeper agents and anyone could be a Communist. This "remake" completely ignores those themes and focuses instead on a helicopter parent who will stop at nothing to ensure that her special snowflake is the one to save the world. Which is scary, sure, but not riveting.
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