The Stepford Wives

Starring: Kidman, Nicole, Midler, Bette, Broderick, Matthew

Product Description

When a successful network executive gets fired and suffers a nervous breakdown, her husband thinks a change of scenery will help speed the recovery process. The couple and their two children settle into the picturesque city of Stepford, Connecticut. Things are not as they appear though, as all the wives turn out to be models who serve their husbands' every desire. Is it something in the water? Is the town possessed? The new tenants haplessly try to find out before it's too late.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 097360503845
• Release Date: January 2004
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Paramount Home Video
• Director: Frank Oz
• Starring: Kidman, Nicole, Midler, Bette, Broderick, Matthew
• Runtime: 1 hour, 33 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Finally, the perfect wife.

Frank Oz and others had a huge debate over making this movie dark, menacing, or light and fluffy, and it shows. One minute it has Matthew Broderick making hidden malice faces, and the next moment they are cracking jokes about AOL. However, by not trying to follow the formula of a strict remake, they came out of the shadow of the original and made a stand-alone movie on its own. The commentary track was just as good, if not better than the movie itself. The actors themselves were quite good: Nicole Kidman of “Natural Magic” fame, as usual, can look so emotional. Mathew Broderick looked like Ferris Bueller with a secret. Bette Midler was just being herself(s). Christopher Walken adds that sinister touch. Nothing mechanical. Faith Hill adds a real spark to the movie. Glen Close can keep a straight face. Joanna Eberhart (Nicole Kidman) has it all and puts her whole life into her career. Through a series of mishaps, when she goes in expecting what she expects would be a raise is let go. The trauma sends her over the deep end. Her husband quits working for the same network to care for her. He only wants the BEST. So, they moved to the quieter environment of Stepford. There, men can be men and women can be women. Joanna, being her cantankerous self, has trouble adjusting to life and the people around her who only want to help. Her husband threatens to leave her if she does not change her ways. So, she does and solicits the help of two other disgruntled friends. Will she change? If not, what can be done? Why is the mechanical dog asking for help?