The Stepford Wives

Movie Ranked #674 | 1975 - Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
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Best two reviews:
1) L.A. Weekly - Contrary to recent rumors that it was a dud, the new Stepford Wives, with its chocolate-box visual style, archly heavy-handed foreshadowing and its scene-for-scene parody of the original's fright strategies (Walken's waxy menace is once again played for laughs), is a gas. (Rating: 80) Read Full Review >
2) Newsweek - Glenn Close, Bette Midler and Roger Bart (who plays one half of a gay couple slated for Stepfordizing) are hilarious, and even Nicole Kidman flashes comedic gifts not seen since "To Die For." (Rating: 80) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
38) Austin Chronicle - Misbegotten is the only way to describe this remake of the 1975 film based on Ira Levin's cultural-zeitgeist novel. (Rating: 20) Read Full Review >
39) Wall Street Journal - A pitiful shambles of a remake, The Stepford Wives might have qualified as a rethinking of the 1975 original if there were any trace of coherent thought in the finished product. (Rating: 10) Read Full Review >
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