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The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives

2004
Comedy, Sci-fi
1h 33m
Stepford has a secret. All of the wives are far too perfect, and all of the husbands are way too happy. The Stepford Wives is a sophisticated and comic re-imagining of the 1975 suspense classic. Welcome to Stepford -- the American way of love. (Paramount Pictures)
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The Stepford Wives

2004
Comedy, Sci-fi
1h 33m
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Rated 23 Mar 2020
39
9th
This is one of those movies I should really rewatch before commenting on, but honestly, that will not be happening. It wasn't great when I saw it in the theater which was well before I'd seen the original. Matthew Broderick was in another movie I saw in the theater that came from a time when I would see terrible movies on dates. At least that one had Meg Ryan, the American Nicole Kidman.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
10
4th
TERRIBLE REMAKE!!! So many plotholes, cheesy humor and bland acting from the entire cast. The original film is much better.
Rated 11 Aug 2009
62
14th
OK FINE I KIND OF HAVE A HOUSEWIVES THING
Rated 14 Aug 2007
15
7th
Utter. Crap. Ola.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
45
4th
The city of Stepford has a terrible secret: It doesn't make sense and the characters are dull.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
26th
The Stepford Wives should not be a shitty comedy with a lighthearted ending. It should be a suspenseful film like the original.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
4th
Really stupid - misses the point of the book, has few laughs and no scares. Why was this made?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
18
5th
Not all remakes are crappy, this one is.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
37
25th
Punchless satire, never certain if it's sci-fi or comedy.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
1
5th
Why are Matthew Broderick and Nicole Kidman slumming in this unfunny shit? Then again, this movie is so bad that I can't think of a single actor who wouldn't be slumming here. Rob Schneider would be slumming here. Yoda directed this movie.
Rated 05 Apr 2008
25
4th
The original film is a classic of horror and to be honest, it totally creeped me out. So, with a cast like Kidman, Walken, Broderick and Close, I was expecting something decent. This remake is literally a joke and more of a parody of the original than anything else. There is nothing particularly subtle about the humor and the horror is all but gone. Not worth anyone's time, not even for a laugh.
Rated 11 Apr 2008
20
10th
A colossal misfire. What was a great short story with loads of potential for adaptation within a contemporary context, becomes a film that instead goes for hackneyed gender comedy, slapstick and outright farce.
Rated 19 May 2008
69
32nd
Slowish, I've never seen the original, but in the year 2004, this is not a very entertaining idea or a very original one at that.
Rated 17 Jan 2009
7
12th
I never really realized how many movies I disliked until I came to this site.
Rated 21 Sep 2018
1
3rd
Boy that sure was a satire of something or other, or it was a comedy of some other sort. Where're the jokes?
Rated 22 Oct 2022
46
9th
Watchable waste of a great deal of talent, but when the talent is this good, it’s difficult to be completely dismissive; all of the performances are pretty much pitch-perfect, but stuck in a movie that has no idea what to do with them – toothless and obvious as satire, and not an especially funny comedy (though Bart’s delivery of “She’s fabulous!” is almost worth sticking around for). At its best with Kidman, Midler and Bart indulging in FIRST WIVES-style shenanigans, but overall a damp squib.
Rated 11 Dec 2006
75
23rd
GOD DAMN RE-MAKES
Rated 28 Dec 2006
75
24th
could have been better but still pretty neat. i've yet to see the original.
Rated 19 Feb 2007
35
13th
Poor.
Rated 20 Feb 2007
45
17th
A missed opportunity, a waste of actors, writers, plot and budget.
Rated 01 May 2007
6
7th
One would think the premise would work better as a comedy but it doesn't. It does, however, make a fine blunt instrument to beat someone with.
Rated 26 May 2007
35
12th
Bleh.
Rated 07 Jun 2007
15
3rd
I generally love Nicole Kidman's work, but this movie was a real dud. All of the suspense of the original is gone, replaced by total hokey-ness. The 15 points are all because of Christopher Walken, who plays the Stepford mastermind just like you imagine he would play it.
Rated 01 Jul 2007
75
35th
Guilty pleasure
Rated 14 Aug 2007
45
29th
Not half as bad as I expected, but never standing up to the original film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
92
78th
Pretty good movie. It was worth the time.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
38
2nd
Awful remake of the original, can't decide if this was a black comedy, a satire, general comedy, etc. At times overly campy, and then simply nothing funny happens. The plot is very hard to decipher and the film seems jumbled past the halfway point. Talend is wasted all around.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
24th
plot sucks
Rated 14 Aug 2007
89
89th
Interesting to say the least. Could've used to some work. It's more geared for the unhappily married people (who AREN'T in denial) so I guess that makes most people feel alienated because they're insecure.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
83rd
Great!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
1st
B A D
Rated 14 Aug 2007
15
10th
Are they robots, or are they not robots? Enough confusion and plot holes to make self-mutilation seem like an OK option.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
71
13th
A fast reader can probably devour the book in less time than it would take to watch this lifeless adaptation.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
53
5th
A trip back to the 1950s, but not too much fun.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
76
10th
Bad, but bad enough to be good.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
40th
not as good as the first one, but ok
Rated 14 Aug 2007
44
8th
Really campy and hammy treatment of a reasonably interesting premise (the first film wasn't great or anything, but Levin's concept has potential). By the end the film reveals its more interested in being goofy and over the top than it is with saying anything interesting.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
7th
No. No, no, and more no. You might consider it worth watching once... it was a well-glossed film. But... *shudder*
Rated 14 Aug 2007
44
6th
Ugh -- someone please tell Paul Rudnick that when you actually AIM for camp, you just end up with an awkward mess.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
42
32nd
A perfect definition of a guilty pleasure movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
51st
nice to see an evil female scientist for once.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
0th
Dreadful. Had this been a real update, it could've been great. But this comedy take is just nasty. Bette Midler is the only watchable thing about it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
35
4th
I liked the original better.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
54th
it was funny
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
4th
Frank Oz directed this garbage?!? Great cast so there was a lot of potential, but it was all wasted. This is one of the worst Jon Lovitz films I've ever scene (which is saying a lot). But the worst part of this movie is the script. It just flounders badly. This is nowhere near the quality of the original movie. Plot holes, logic gaps, and poor acting, oh my!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
88
65th
I liked it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
23rd
Not sure what it was trying to accomplish, and I don't know if it ever did.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
14th
What was the reason for making this movie???
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
12th
They managed to turn The Stepford Wives into a shitty, lame, gimmicky comedy. Everything that was cool about the original has been completely removed from this remake.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
51st
Interesting remake.
Rated 22 Aug 2007
34
33rd
ok
Rated 30 Aug 2007
5
6th
Not even as good as the original. Too bad.
Rated 30 Aug 2007
40
6th
Why ?? Whyyyyyy???
Rated 13 Sep 2007
39
31st
Engaging. Well-acted. Interesting. More sophisticated and believable than the original.
Rated 18 Oct 2007
50
29th
Very disappointing. Was worth it to see Bette Midler though.
Rated 12 Nov 2007
85
26th
A rather light-hearted humerous take on the classic 1975 film.
Rated 30 Nov 2007
20
4th
So many continuity flaws it really detracts from the film
Rated 08 Feb 2008
23
9th
Creepy and not even entertaining.
Rated 24 Feb 2008
40
25th
Ok not too bad just to watch on a Sunday afternoon
Rated 02 Mar 2008
54
22nd
Not horrible, but the original was better even in all it's cheesy 70's B-movie glory, and that is saying something
Rated 24 Mar 2008
66
36th
I expected this to really be bad but was pleasantly surprised. It's not nearly as shallow as it would seem; it actually had some real substance to it. Serious social commentary can be found if you pay attention. No, it's no Citizen Kane, and if you're a male chauvanist you aren't going to like this at all, but it's not the dreck other reviewers have made it out to be.
Rated 14 Apr 2008
65
5th
Such potential - wasted! A cross between a social satire and a comedy, and succeeds at neither. (and I'm a huge Frank Oz fan, BTW)
Rated 22 Apr 2008
10
0th
I hate you, The Stepford Wives.
Rated 04 May 2008
33
8th
This film gets a special point deduction for failing to live up to its potential. Such an incredible story could've surpassed previous attempts with modern filmmaking abilities, but the characters sucked and the writing sucked. This film is a shameful mark on the book and the original film.
Rated 04 Jun 2008
70
28th
There wasn't much to work with here... It's basically the same as before, only this time there's a gay couple. I wish there would have been more substance to the same old story, but the truth is that there wasn't. Still, it was a good movie and it's worth watching once or twice.
Rated 14 Jun 2008
17
10th
bad movie
Rated 19 Jul 2008
45
4th
The performances were good, and it is entertaining, but it gets tiring after the first viewing.
Rated 28 Jul 2008
73
20th
Worth watching if there's nothing better on.
Rated 17 Aug 2008
80
84th
The 1974 original's a horror flick and this version is a black comedy. Surprisingly, it actually works
Rated 26 Aug 2008
10
1st
This remake was absolute shit compared to the original. Burn the reels; this sucked.
Rated 15 Oct 2008
65
41st
It's okay.
Rated 15 Oct 2008
65
40th
Very bizarre.
Rated 21 Oct 2008
77
92nd
ger
Rated 23 Oct 2008
40
12th
creative but stupid
Rated 13 Nov 2008
70
41st
don't remember much about it because i got it confused with desperate housewives
Rated 18 Nov 2008
25
25th
Bette Middler's character scored some points at least.
Rated 22 Nov 2008
15
9th
What movie idiot! The story completely absurd, nonsensical. As a comedy, not make us laugh. It has a good cast, which is not so bad here, but the plot is ridiculous.
Rated 06 Dec 2008
40
13th
After liking the original I thought I'd give this one a try. Big mistake. The acting was mediocre and the mysterious ending of the orignal was completly hollywoodized. Although this one was awful, I would highly recommend seeing the 1975 version.
Rated 27 Dec 2008
80
81st
Wish I had one of them... Stepford Wifes od course ;]
Rated 27 Dec 2008
89
68th
Makes you think of your life again and again.
Rated 09 Jan 2009
45
4th
The original is better in every way.
Rated 11 Mar 2009
75
73rd
A very good cast and a nice plot. I haven't seen the original yet, but this is a very well-written sarcasm-filled drama comedy. The effects are up-to-date and well-dosed. Most of the make-overs are brilliantly done in a creepy way.
Rated 13 Mar 2009
33
19th
Misguided remake of the 1975 movie substitutes broad comedy for the eeriness that made the original so effective. What's more, the concept was fresh back then; now the term "Stepford wife" has entered the vernacular and there's no suspense at all.
Rated 02 Apr 2009
67
40th
magicland...:)
Rated 26 Apr 2009
40
9th
Remake!
Rated 01 May 2009
32
6th
Not good.
Rated 03 Jun 2009
35
4th
The movie can't even keep it's internal logic straight. Are the women brainwashed or robots? No one knows.
Rated 17 Aug 2009
2
16th
Butchered.
Rated 19 Aug 2009
70
9th
Watch the original
Rated 10 Sep 2009
35
9th
It starts nice, but the ending is absolutely dreadful. Good acting, but the irony is lost somewhere along the way.
Rated 03 Oct 2009
30
13th
Can't say I'm a fan of this
Rated 09 Oct 2009
40
24th
funny
Rated 20 Nov 2009
58
18th
A primeira versão é bem melhor
Rated 22 Dec 2009
40
1st
An inept, unfocused remake.
Rated 03 Apr 2010
40
12th
4-4-2010 plot is nice for a while, but the comedy element hurts the drama part and the end feels over-done. Want to watch the original, to see how they f*cked up the original into something hollywoodized. *sigh*
Rated 28 May 2010
5
4th
This film was released 14 years after the 80's ended and it stars Matthew Broderick. Need I say more?
Rated 30 Aug 2010
30
5th
This is a lifeless piece of trash and a huge insult to the original film adaptation, which handled the clever comment on the extremes of patriarchal society with genuine creepiness. Which idiot decided to rewrite that message into a comedy? Now THAT decision in itself is creepy and begs the question, are we going backwards or becoming stupider as a movie audience? If this kind of trash is acceptable then we surely must be.
Rated 02 Sep 2010
85
84th
One of the few times in history when the remake exceeded the original (IMO obviously). Sure it's campy, suburban sci-fi but at least it saw the comedic potential of the story and didn't try to make another "Rosemary's Baby"-type paranoid femi-drama where the central character is the only one not in on it.
Rated 22 Sep 2010
35
9th
The original is no masterpiece, but I guess it is compared to this.
Rated 04 Nov 2010
21
10th
#00s#, story, Nicole K!, C Walken

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