Review : The Stepford Wives
I just got back home from Eastgate Theater, where my mom took me to see The Stepford Wives. Ziggy, being the normal reviewer, has been busy, so I though I'd pick up the slack. I just hope it's as good as his are.
The Stepford Wives, 2004
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill
Directed By: Frank Oz
Nicole Kidman plays Joanna Eberhart, a television producer who brought her network, EBN, to the top over the past five years. After introducing two new reality shows to the network affiliates at a large, awards show-like meeting, one of the lesser off contestants crashes the meeting, trying to kill Joanna. After the ordeal, the network decides that it finds Joanna to be too much of a liability, so they let her go. She takes it suprisingly well, by having a nervous breakdown in the elevator. After shock therapy, she and her husband, Walter Kresby (Broderick) decide to start all over in Stepford, Connecticut.
This gated town is the spitting image of the 1950s American Dream. The family is greeted by Claire Wellington (Close), matron of Stepford. The house is computer controlled, with touch-screen displays. It even comes with a robot dog. This is all too much for Joanna, who finds the only other bit of sanity in author Bobbie Markowitz (Middler) and Roger Bannister (Roger Bart), the only other gay man in Stepford. Even after Jo tries to conform to the Stepford ways, everything is too weird for her. When Roger goes from Mister Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, to running for the Senate. Then, Bobbie, the messy, angry womens lib author, becomes the mother, wife and house keeper she never wanted to be. Joanna does some research on the web, and finds out that all of the women used to be high up bitch-type CEOs like herself. Before she can get out though, it becomes Joanna's turn to find out the secret of Stepford...
Rating: I give this movie a 9/10. It was very entertaining, funny, and contained the same political message the original tried to get out. The one thing I didn't like was that I felt it was too short.
Favorite Quotes:
Mike (Christopher Walken): I sued to work at Microsoft.
Jo(looking at the other men): And where did you work?
Man1: NASA.
Man2: (something - I don't remember)
Man3: AOL
Jo: So that's why the women are so slow?
Bobbie: Oh, I can take all thos pine cones and shape them into 15 foot long letters that spell out "BIG JEW" on my snow-covered lawn!
The Stepford Wives, 2004
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill
Directed By: Frank Oz
Nicole Kidman plays Joanna Eberhart, a television producer who brought her network, EBN, to the top over the past five years. After introducing two new reality shows to the network affiliates at a large, awards show-like meeting, one of the lesser off contestants crashes the meeting, trying to kill Joanna. After the ordeal, the network decides that it finds Joanna to be too much of a liability, so they let her go. She takes it suprisingly well, by having a nervous breakdown in the elevator. After shock therapy, she and her husband, Walter Kresby (Broderick) decide to start all over in Stepford, Connecticut.
This gated town is the spitting image of the 1950s American Dream. The family is greeted by Claire Wellington (Close), matron of Stepford. The house is computer controlled, with touch-screen displays. It even comes with a robot dog. This is all too much for Joanna, who finds the only other bit of sanity in author Bobbie Markowitz (Middler) and Roger Bannister (Roger Bart), the only other gay man in Stepford. Even after Jo tries to conform to the Stepford ways, everything is too weird for her. When Roger goes from Mister Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, to running for the Senate. Then, Bobbie, the messy, angry womens lib author, becomes the mother, wife and house keeper she never wanted to be. Joanna does some research on the web, and finds out that all of the women used to be high up bitch-type CEOs like herself. Before she can get out though, it becomes Joanna's turn to find out the secret of Stepford...
Rating: I give this movie a 9/10. It was very entertaining, funny, and contained the same political message the original tried to get out. The one thing I didn't like was that I felt it was too short.
Favorite Quotes:
Mike (Christopher Walken): I sued to work at Microsoft.
Jo(looking at the other men): And where did you work?
Man1: NASA.
Man2: (something - I don't remember)
Man3: AOL
Jo: So that's why the women are so slow?
Bobbie: Oh, I can take all thos pine cones and shape them into 15 foot long letters that spell out "BIG JEW" on my snow-covered lawn!