Rotten
To paraphrase Paul Rudnick's Premiere magazine movie-critic alter ego, Libby Gelman-Waxner: It's flat, cold, fork-resistant and tasteless, if you ask me.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
The Stepford Wives
The wives of Stepford have a secret.
2004 · 1h 33m · PG-13
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Frank Oz
Overview
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.
Director and cast
- Frank Oz Director
- Nicole Kidman as Joanna Eberhart
- Matthew Broderick as Walter Kresby
- Bette Midler as Bobbie Markowitz
- Glenn Close as Claire Wellington
- Christopher Walken as Mike Wellington
- Roger Bart as Roger Bannister
- David Marshall Grant as Jerry Harmon
- Jon Lovitz as Dave Markowitz
- Matt Malloy as Herb Sunderson
- Kate Shindle as Beth Peters
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
26%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It has a wonderfully wounding malice directed at both the Stepford, Conn., contingent of Energizer Bunny wives and the New Yorkers who have just moved in.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Rotten
It has two speeds -- obvious and more so.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Rotten
Very good dialogue, the rest of this stuff just falls apart.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Satirizing The Stepford Wives is pointless.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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