
Joanna Eberhart, a wildly successful president of a TV Network, after a series of shocking events, suffers a nervous breakdown and is moved by her milquetoast of a husband, Walter, from Manhattan to the chic, upper-class, and very modern planned community of Stepford, Connecticut. Once there, she makes good friends with the acerbic Bobbie Markowitz, a Jewish writer who's also a recovering alcoholic. Together they find out, much to their growing stupor and-then horror, that al... (Full plot summary below)
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Joanna Eberhart, a wildly successful president of a TV Network, after a series of shocking events, suffers a nervous breakdown and is moved by her milquetoast of a husband, Walter, from Manhattan to the chic, upper-class, and very modern planned community of Stepford, Connecticut. Once there, she makes good friends with the acerbic Bobbie Markowitz, a Jewish writer who's also a recovering alcoholic. Together they find out, much to their growing stupor and-then horror, that all the housewives in town are strangely blissful and, somehow... doomed. What is going on behind the closed doors of the Stepford Men's Association and the Stepford Day Spa? Why is everything perfect here? Will it be too late for Joanna and Bobbie when they finally find out?
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| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA dumbing down of the original, seeking broad comedy instead of intelligent satire. |
| Arizona RepublicBill MullerIt displays all the intellectual heft of a beer commercial -- light beer at that. |
| About.comRebecca MurrayThe problem as I see it with The Stepford Wives hasn't as much to do with the movie itself, as it has to do with the way the movie's been marketed. |
| Globe and MailLiam LaceyThere is no tonal consistency from scene to scene, swinging from domestic drama to farce. Most of the actors -- especially Matthew Broderick -- look lost. |
| Eclipse MagazineSean O'ConnellSatisfies several tastes without equaling one delicious meal. |
| Philadelphia WeeklySean BurnsA baffling, incoherent debacle so openly contemptuous of the audience that it doesn't even bother pretending to make any sense. |
| Denver Rocky Mountain NewsRobert DenersteinProves about as menacing as chiffon, the story too often shortchanges logic, and the ending exudes an aroma of desperation. |
| Atlantic City WeeklyLori Hoffman...the satire is weak, and the execution is inept... |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineWith its smart script and dead-on comic performances, it actually works. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanWhatever behind-the-scenes problems there were are not apparent on the screen, and enough things work to make the film worthwhile. |