‘Constellation’ Review: Noomi Rapace Unravels in Uneven Apple TV+ Sci-Fi Thriller

The show from creator Peter Harness quadruples the runtime of a familiar movie premise

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Noomi Rapace in "Constellation." (Apple)

“Constellation” is a TV show with a movie premise: After a disaster at the International Space Station that a lone astronaut just barely escapes, she starts to have reality-bending experiences in her life back on Earth. (In fact, this was a movie, albeit a less fantastical version, called “Lucy in the Sky” — the first feature film from revered TV creator Noah Hawley.) What’s most interesting about this Apple TV+ show, at least at first, is that rather than simply stretching out what seems like a two-hour idea, it uses the structure of television to unmoor its audience, just as Jo (Noomi Rapace) finds herself adrift and confused in a life she’s supposed to recognize.

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