Works only in spurts, like a robot with a faulty power supply.
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06/15/04
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The Stepford Wives (2004)
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Reviews Counted:160
Fresh:42
Rotten:118
Average Rating:4.6/10
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
It has two speeds -- obvious and more so.
06/15/04
Top CriticIt fails to fully engage the viewer in either the comedy or the darkness of the idea behind the comedy.
06/15/04
So, would I like to trade in my wife for the latest Stepford model? No thank you. But I'd gladly take a shot at refurbishing Frank Oz into a competent filmmaker again.
06/15/04
Would I see it again? I’d rather pass a kidney stone.
06/14/04
Premise of the original was far-fetched enough without writer Paul Rudnick and director Frank Oz turning everything into an over-the-top cartoon.
06/14/04
Very good dialogue, the rest of this stuff just falls apart.
06/14/04
Top CriticRedundant and gutless -- as phony, prefab and programmed as its robotic housewives. It actually subverts the feminist message of the novel and first film...
06/14/04
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06/14/04
...a jumbled product that doesn't really know what it wants to be or say.
06/14/04
Zeitgeist cinema for all the wrong reasons: a vapid, superficial film for a vapid, superficial era. The studio-sanctioned 'Scooby-Doo' ending is simply unforgivable.
06/14/04
A glossy but tacky movie due to a tacked on, senseless ending
06/13/04
a long-winded, eighty minute setup for one elaborate, climatic Martha Stewart joke
06/13/04
Despite a few good chuckles, over the top satire never hits home.
06/13/04
A misbegotten Stepford Wives Club, which even the charter members will reject.
06/13/04
The Stepford Wives (is) . . . bright and entertaining, but seems that, with the assembled cast and the talent behind the camera, much potential was wasted.
06/12/04
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06/12/04
Satirizing The Stepford Wives is pointless.
06/12/04
Top Critican often audacious movie that is just too serious about being campy.
06/12/04
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