The Stepford Wives
1975
Based on Ira Levin's book about a small town where women act very strangely and all the men meet secretly. Read more
| Starring | Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson |
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| Director | Bryan Forbes |
| Genres | Drama |
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The Stepford Wives
Based on Ira Levin's book about a small town where women act very strangely and all the men meet secretly.
| Starring | Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson |
|---|---|
| Director | Bryan Forbes |
| Studio | 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 55 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 11 Sep 2000 Production year: 1975 |
| Format | DVD |
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An attractive idea which needs a much lighter and pacier touch but entertains in patches and shows agreeable sophistication.
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12 out of 14 people found this review helpful
The original and final version....
If you are planning on seeing the Kidman / Broderick 'remake' of this film, get this in as soon as possible to see how good movie-making should be done.
The story is simple enough - family move to a quiet town away from The City to start a new life. The hubbie joins a Men's Association and wifie is bored, until she hooks up with another newcomer with some zest in her dungarees.
They soon notice that all the wives in the town are dull, dull, dull. They dress dull, they talk dull, but they shag their fellas as if Casanova was visiting with a bag full of viagra.
The main wife (Ross) starts getting ideas that all is not well, and her friends become dull over the course of a long weekend. She starts to investigate, and happens upon a nasty conspiracy. No plot giveaways, as the film will tell you much better than I about goes on, but suffice to say this is an excellent slow-thriller, and should never have been botched into another Hollywood 'reimagining'.
It's weird, it's clever, it's funny, and it should be in your dvd player as soon as. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Better than the remake
My girlfriend has recently started cooking casseroles and spending an unhealthy amount of time in the kitchen, getting an enormous sense of satisfaction out of being a domestic goddess. I soon started teasing her about being a Stepford Wife, and as she'd never seen the film I decided to rent it out.
Let's be clear about one thing - it's slow, dull and utterly devoid of any special effects or stunts. The women are supposed to be robots for crying out loud! But, on the other hand, there is a serious undertone to the whole movie. At what point does the strive for perfection become too much? Of course, now we've all seen flicks like Jurassic Park and AI, so there's very little else it can offer on the whole dystopian-technology obsessed male-dominated society thing.
My advice - if your girlfriend starts russling up casseroles and popping down the shops to stock up on Mr Sheen, then stab her with a knife to see if she bleeds or not. -
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