The Stepford Wives — Page 2

See it for Roger Bart alone...he's great! I actually really enjoyed the whole movie, even if it does have Nicole Kidman.

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I just read the Time magazine review,and Corliss basically enhoyed it, and said it has been too dumped upon. I certainly laughed at Rudnek's wit, particularly the frontal attack on reality tv, etc., but finally just didn't get what all the fixes and cuts did for it. It didn't hang together as satire or a plain old comedy -- forget thriller.

If anyone who has seen it really understands the last half hour -- who did what to whom, and who is/was/is no longer a robot and why -- please IM me even the briefest of explanations. I honest to God didn't get it, particularly the weird "techno-strokes" at the big party (will say no more for people who haven't seen it.) The whole brain thing did't wash with the robot thing -- did it? Maybe I stopped listening.

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Just saw it this afternoon. Didn't like it at all. Kidman's "american" accent never grew on me...it was almost unbearable.

The movie was okay. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't even remotely as good as it should have been.

I wish that Frank Oz would have kept the original cut of the film, in which not only did Joanna actually become a robot, but there was no nonsensical "computer chip" subplot. Also, in the original version, the women WERE killed and replaced by robots.

The idea of using "The Stepford Wives" as a black comedy is a genius one, but SO much more could have been done with it.

The cast was pretty good, for the most part. Nicole Kidman was solid as Joanna. She predictably handled the character's 'dramatic aspect', but she also displayed a talent for comedic timing. Bette Midler and Glenne Close were pretty funny, and Roger Bart had a few laughs as well ("Is that a DVD?"). On the flip side, neither Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, or Jon Lovitz did anything of notice.

Terrific Danny Elfman-esque score.

Updated On: 11/12/04 at 10:18 PM