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by drdevience  - Top 50, Jun 03 '04
Pros: Scary, great cast
Cons: No menu on the DVD
Spotless house? Make up everyday? Wearing dresses everywhere? Can you think of anything scarier than all that? Ayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I'm like the anti-wife. If things somehow accidently get too clean, I start buggin' out. This is why 1975's The ...
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by JediKermit  in Movies, - Top 100, Jun 01 '04
Pros: Katharine Ross, good, suspenseful movie, interesting message.
Cons: A bit of R-rated content for a PG movie...
We’re obsessed with image. Not just physical beauty, but image. The job we have, the car we drive, the house we live in…and our significant other. Are they really good enough for us? Wouldn’t they be a bit better if they took better care of us? If ...
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by captaind in Movies, - Top 50, Dec 12 '07
Pros: Ross, Masterson, loads of suspense...
Cons: ... I found Prentice a little annoying, the end section is a bit too implausible...
After seeing and enjoying the 2004 version of The Stepford Wives, starring Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick, I began to wonder what the original was like. Having seen it I did enjoy it, though it is a very different type of film to its modern ...
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by alexdg1 in Movies, - Top 200, Jan 17 '08
Pros: Some funny bits (some intentional, at that), good cast.
Cons: Poor execution, nepotism played a part in conceptual changes
As a student of history, one of the things that I've learned is that for every social or religious movement, there seems to be a semi-Newtonian counter-movement or opposite reaction. In the 15th Century, for instance, Martin Luther's attempt to ...
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by pearannoyed - Top 1000, Aug 12 '05
Pros: A chilling vision of what perfection means
Cons: Negative portrayal of men; poor sound quality on DVD
I'd always heard about it. The perfect home. The perfect wife. The perfect family.... Maybe a little too perfect. It's been a term of derision for decades – being a "Stepford Wife." It's a symbol of everything the feminists were fighting against in ...
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by waynio , Mar 12 '04
Pros: Katharine Ross and Paula Prentiss; great script and suspense
Cons: Dated, implausible premise; unfairly conjoins male chauvinist pigs and robosexuals
I doubt that anyone three decades ago foresaw that the term "Stepford Wife" would become part of our vernacular. That says a lot, not just about the power of film, but about the very talented people behind "The Stepford Wives" (1975). Ironically this ...
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by TheAdvocate , May 25 '00
Pros: Acting performances
Cons: Didactic message
Why feminists would have panned this movie’s release in 1975 is a complete mystery, as The Stepford Wives is transparent second-wave propaganda. The film was adapted from the novel by Ira Levin, who also wrote Rosemary’s Baby. In the first...
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by updateghost - Top 1000, Jul 09 '04
Pros: Ross' performances; the sense of humor.
Cons: Some parts drag on too long.
If you're looking for a laughably good creep, 1975's The Stepford Wives is the film to pick up. I can't really say, thinking through it, how this film could quite be described as a classic. It is creepy. It is deep. It is funny and ...
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by alanbweaver , May 22 '04
Pros: when it finally ends
Cons: dull, predictable, moronic, pretentious "art", overwrought
How this movie got to achieve cult status over a nearly 30 year period is totally beyond me. It is a dull, bad movie without any sympathetic characterization to it. I never read the Ira Levin novel. My interest in the movie was peaked when I knew the ...
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by halfsweet , Jun 10 '00
Pros: A great supporting performance by Paula Prentiss
Cons: It's uneven, and even drags in places
Geesh, I had forgotten just how creepy a movie The Stepford Wives really is. I watched the old clunker on AMC tonight, and was surprised to discover it held up pretty well. Taken in the context of its time, it's even scarier.
Has there ever...
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by kirstyw , Jul 17 '04
Pros: Katherine Ross and Paula Prentiss are great.
Cons: Direction and photogrpahy ruins the suspense.
Please note, this review reveals the ending of the movie. As well as reacting to the growth of new feminism in the mid-seventies, the Stepford Wives became a coined phrase for any figure of female domestic perfection. The book by Ira Levin was ...
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by radio1_mike , Jul 31 '00
Pros: The Sci-Fi Movie That Could
Cons: You May Not Like The Fashions
Cookin'.
Cleanin'.
Lovin'.
You can get it all in Stepford, Connecticut. If you are a man. If you are a woman; your days may be numbered.
I just saw this movie last night on AMC. Oh man, what a thrill! The last time I saw...
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by jsherry , Jul 12 '04
Pros: The great idea of the "Stepford Wife"
Cons: poor dialogue and too slow of an introduction.
A film by Bryan Forbes This film is the first “Stepford Wives” movie and is adapted from Ira Levin’s novel of the same name. The tone of this film is much different than the newer version. The new “Stepford Wives” is more of a comedy, but this ...
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by swh2000 , Jul 30 '00
Pros: Performances, Ideas
Cons: Nothing major
Does it have quite the impact of either version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers?" Not quite, but "The Stepford Wives" establishes its own relevance while telling a similarly-themed story. This time, feminism is the...
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by calwaone - Top 200, Apr 13 '00
Pros: Creative, Good Acting, As Intriguing as the Book
Cons: None
Did you ever wish you could have that Martha Stewart 'magic'? (I never did, either!!). On the other hand, I think there might, possibly, be some husbands out there who HAVE wished their wives could keep a perfect household, cook for a party of 12 (at a...
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