It's the supporting actors who are the most fun.
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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
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
Rudnick has written some of the year's sharpest comic dialogue for this threesome: Kidman, Bette Midler ... and Roger Bart.
06/11/04
Top CriticBrisk, occasionally snarky and genuinely fun.
06/11/04
Rudnick utterly fails to find an emotional center for the film.
06/11/04
It's a fluffy, dumbed-down version of an original.
06/11/04
There are some fabulous laughs along the way, but not quite enough to disguise the fact that the movie seems to have been tinkered with.
06/11/04
A 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
Rudnick's screenplay is filled with smart dialogue and funny pop-culture references, including some well-observed parodies of reality TV programming.
06/11/04
Proves 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
There's enough snappy comedy to keep this remake of the 1975 original afloat, thanks largely to the triple talent of three supporting actors: Bette Midler, Glenn Close and the far less famous but very funny Roger Bart.
06/11/04
Rudnick 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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06/11/04
Not unlike a Hummer, the flashy 'Stepford' squanders plenty of precious natural resources while chugging down the road to nowhere.
06/11/04
Let’s just do everyone involved with The Stepford Wives a favor and wipe it from the slate.
06/11/04
In an age of runaway vanity, The Stepford Wives succeeds at scraping off bits of our cultural veneer but never digs deep into social issues like Ira Levin's 1972 novel.
06/11/04
If this movie was a Stepford Wife, it would be pre-procedure - where the flaws are visible if you compare them to the other wives.
06/11/04
Oz crams the film full of lame one-liners and doesn't know if he's making a dark comedy, a satire or what, as Broderick and Kidman breeze through their roles.
06/11/04
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