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The Stepford Wives

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The Stepford Wives (1975)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:18

Rotten:9

Average Rating:6.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Katharine Ross stars in this classic horror film as Joanna, a woman who moves to Stepford, Connecticut, along with her husband Walter (Peter Masterson) and her best friend Bobbie (Paula Prentiss).... Katharine Ross stars in this classic horror film as Joanna, a woman who moves to Stepford, Connecticut, along with her husband Walter (Peter Masterson) and her best friend Bobbie (Paula Prentiss). As the two women meet the other housewives who live in Stepford, they begin to notice that all of them are interested only in cooking, cleaning, and pleasing their husbands. Joanna and Bobbie are further alarmed when their husbands join the mysterious Stepford Men's Club, which convenes in a heavily guarded mansion and harbors a nefarious secret agenda. Based on the novel by Ira Levin (ROSEMARY'S BABY) and followed by the made-for-television sequels THE REVENGE OF THE STEPFORD WIVES, THE STEPFORD CHILDREN, and THE STEPFORD HUSBANDS. [More]

Starring: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman

Starring: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman, Tina Louise, Carol Rossen, Judith Baldwin, William Prince, Mary Stuart Masterson, Dee Wallace, George Coe, Franklin Cover, Robert Fields, Michael Higgins, Josef Sommer

Director: Bryan Forbes

Director: Bryan Forbes
Screenwriter: William Goldman
Producer: Edgar J. Scherick
Composer: Michael Small

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William Goldman's leisurely script and Forbes' dull direction never quite capture the subtleties of Ira Levin's novel about an idyllic Connecticut commuter village where the housewives are a bunch of domesticated dummies.

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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10/06/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

The original and the best....truly creepy

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05/12/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

No review available.

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12/05/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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Critical of the suburban milieu as a petri dish where regressive sexist fantasies are cultivated.

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06/10/04
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

No review available.

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06/13/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The Stepford Wives contains a number of timeless scenes that are the essence of women's fears about the patriarchal society in which they live.

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01/21/04
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

Still holds up as part horror film, part social commentary

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11/26/03
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

Overrated uber-70s style thriller with an intriguing premise.

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08/02/04
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Decent 70s thriller.

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05/24/05
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Maintains a satisfying level of suspense, and if nothing else beats the stuffing out of the lame remake.

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06/16/04
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

No review available.

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07/08/03
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

No review available.

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03/17/04
Nicolas Lacroix
Nicolas Lacroix
EnPrimeur.ca

The story is built on a foundation of fear and paranoia, yet it manages to give us a satisfying conclusion, proving that sometimes our sixth sense is not so far off.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
04/06/02
Patrick Byrne
Patrick Byrne
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03/19/04
Randy Shulman
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No review available.

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03/24/05
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Truly scary in a can't-shake-it kind of way

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06/08/04
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com

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07/27/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

The first hour takes what feels like two, and the last 44 minutes goes like an Indy car, so the pace is alternately snail's and Lamborghini's.

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06/05/07
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