The Stepford Wives Movie Review 2004

Remake of the spooky 70's classic. Joanna Eberhart (Kidman) is a successful television network executive fired after a reality show disaster. Joanna, her husband Walter (Broderick) and their family move to the seemingly perfect Connecticut town of Stepford. Strangely enough, the impeccably perfect bombshell women of Stepford have no other interests than housecleaning and making their rather nerdy-looking husbands happy. Trades eerie suspense of the original for campy comedy. While there are some well placed barbs and one-liners, plot holds no surprises and loses the satirical edge of the source material. Walker, as the community leader who holds the secret to Stepford, and Midler as a fellow outsider, do well in their respective roles.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 93 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Books to Film: Ira Levin, Sci Fi, Strained Suburbia, Robots & Androids

Screenplay

Paul Rudnick

Cast

Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Glenn Close, Bette Midler, Jon Lovitz, Roger Bart, David Marshall Grant, Faith Hill

Cinematography

Rob Hahn

Director

Frank Oz

Music

David Arnold

Other

Danny Michael, Randall Poster, Jay Rabinowitz, Peter Rogness, Ann Roth, Jackson De Govia

Producer

Scott Rudin, Donald De Line, Edgar J. Scherick, Gabriel Grunfeld, Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Paramount Pictures