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The Stepford Wives (2004)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:11
Rotten:25
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: In exchanging the chilling satire of the original into mindless camp, this remake has itself become Stepford-ized.
Theatrical Release:Jun 11, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $59,341,993
Synopsis: Based on a book by Ira Levin which satirizes the roles of 1950s housewives, this is a remake of the 1975 film adaptation. Director Frank Oz presents a dramatic reworking of the horror classic,... [More]
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Glenn Close
Director: Frank Oz
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Reviews for The Stepford Wives
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08/07/04
Top CriticTo paraphrase Paul Rudnick's Premiere magazine movie-critic alter ego, Libby Gelman-Waxner: It's flat, cold, fork-resistant and tasteless, if you ask me.
06/24/04
Top CriticIt has a wonderfully wounding malice directed at both the Stepford, Conn., contingent of Energizer Bunny wives and the New Yorkers who have just moved in.
06/17/04
Top CriticIt has two speeds -- obvious and more so.
06/15/04
Top CriticVery good dialogue, the rest of this stuff just falls apart.
06/14/04
Top CriticSatirizing The Stepford Wives is pointless.
06/12/04
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06/11/04
Top CriticNone of it appears to be well thought out, or thought through, and it's consequently never remotely believable.
06/11/04
Top CriticHenceforth, I fear Stepford may acquire new metaphorical implications. It will mean interesting old movies remade into lobotomized new ones.
06/11/04
Top CriticBefore it degenerates into a complete mess, it's an entertaining mess, and something about its willingness to please maintains the audience's goodwill throughout.
06/11/04
Top CriticIf the film is to work on any level, even a comedic one, it's necessary for the viewers to sympathize with Joanna and Walter. However, the script and scattershot performances keep them at arm's length.
06/11/04
Top CriticIt's the supporting actors who are the most fun.
06/11/04
Top CriticIts tonal schizophrenia gets the best of it -- the material careens wildly between sly comedy and creeping suspense, with some ill-advised detours into Borscht-belt humor.
06/11/04
Top CriticRudnick has written some of the year's sharpest comic dialogue for this threesome: Kidman, Bette Midler ... and Roger Bart.
06/11/04
Top CriticA stylish comedic re-imagining of the '70s feminist thriller, filled with witchy wit and war-of-the-sexes stingers as well as a number of delicious performances.
06/11/04
Top CriticProves about as menacing as chiffon, the story too often shortchanges logic, and the ending exudes an aroma of desperation.
06/11/04
Top CriticOften feels off, forced even.
06/11/04
Top CriticRudnick and director Frank Oz don't do anything radical with the original premise ... but they choose comedy over horror, and it's a wise decision.
06/11/04
Top CriticRudnick specializes in hurling poison darts. Here he throws armloads of them, and a surprising number hit the board.
06/11/04
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