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The Stepford Wives

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The Stepford Wives (1975)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:18

Rotten:9

Average Rating:6.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Katharine Ross stars in this classic horror film as Joanna, a woman who moves to Stepford, Connecticut, along with her husband Walter (Peter Masterson) and her best friend Bobbie (Paula Prentiss).... Katharine Ross stars in this classic horror film as Joanna, a woman who moves to Stepford, Connecticut, along with her husband Walter (Peter Masterson) and her best friend Bobbie (Paula Prentiss). As the two women meet the other housewives who live in Stepford, they begin to notice that all of them are interested only in cooking, cleaning, and pleasing their husbands. Joanna and Bobbie are further alarmed when their husbands join the mysterious Stepford Men's Club, which convenes in a heavily guarded mansion and harbors a nefarious secret agenda. Based on the novel by Ira Levin (ROSEMARY'S BABY) and followed by the made-for-television sequels THE REVENGE OF THE STEPFORD WIVES, THE STEPFORD CHILDREN, and THE STEPFORD HUSBANDS. [More]

Starring: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman

Starring: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman, Tina Louise, Carol Rossen, Judith Baldwin, William Prince, Mary Stuart Masterson, Dee Wallace, George Coe, Franklin Cover, Robert Fields, Michael Higgins, Josef Sommer

Director: Bryan Forbes

Director: Bryan Forbes
Screenwriter: William Goldman
Producer: Edgar J. Scherick
Composer: Michael Small

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Dec 9, 1997

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I can imagine similar material being directed by, say, Woody Allen, and coming out pointed and funny. Instead, director Bryan Forbes gets all solemn and spooky and goes for obvious effects like bolts of lightning and forbidding Gothic mansions.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 1 Comment
10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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The first hour takes what feels like two, and the last 44 minutes goes like an Indy car, so the pace is alternately snail's and Lamborghini's.

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02/27/09
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

This oft-referenced tale of suburban wives who suddenly lose their vibrant individualism and become 'perfect housewives' may earn points for becoming a piece of Americana, but it's hardly excellent filmmaking.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

No review available.

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10/06/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

The original and the best....truly creepy

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05/12/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

No review available.

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12/05/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

William Goldman's leisurely script and Forbes' dull direction never quite capture the subtleties of Ira Levin's novel about an idyllic Connecticut commuter village where the housewives are a bunch of domesticated dummies.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

Overlong and underdeveloped, this flimsy Bryan Forbes horror story (1975) would probably have made a decent television movie; but on the big screen and stretched to nearly two hours, it sags badly.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
06/05/07
Don Druker
Don Druker
Chicago Reader

Critical of the suburban milieu as a petri dish where regressive sexist fantasies are cultivated.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
06/10/04
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

No review available.

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06/13/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The misogynistic twist at the end is an acquiescence in the worst sort of way.

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07/10/03
Greg Muskewitz
Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com

The Stepford Wives contains a number of timeless scenes that are the essence of women's fears about the patriarchal society in which they live.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
01/21/04
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

Suburban blandness.

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01/01/00
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

Still holds up as part horror film, part social commentary

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11/26/03
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

Overrated uber-70s style thriller with an intriguing premise.

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08/02/04
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Decent 70s thriller.

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05/24/05
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Maintains a satisfying level of suspense, and if nothing else beats the stuffing out of the lame remake.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
06/16/04
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

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07/08/03
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com
 
 
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