The Stepford Wives | | Cast : | Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss | | Director : | Bryan Forbes | | Studio : | Paramount Home Video | | Format : | Color | | Released Date : | February 12, 1975 | | DVD Released Date : | June 15, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 04, 2005 | | Summary | It was better than I thought the original would be... | Content
 | I saw the re-make with Faith Hill, Nicole Kidman before seeing this version. But my thoughts were this: the original kept to one plot that Stepford was going to turn all of the wives into robots. I found myself beleiving the store in the original, the new one feels like they couldn't make up their minds, and it was too 'girl power' weirdness.
It was nice to see Joanna and Bobbie really become friends. I felt in the new version the they weren't as good of friends so when she become's 'Stepford' it didn't matter. When I watched the original it was really horrible when Bobbie changed.
Overall, I think that if you watch them both you will get a great movie alone.. I am really not sure which was better. Both had their faults. (Although - my husband will tell you the original is better because it was the 70's and the girls were wearing SHORT SHORT shorts...)
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| Rating | | | Date | July 08, 2005 | | Summary | Honey, let's move to Stepford! | Content
| Well, first off, don't bother with the ridiculously crappy remake. This is the one to watch. Although its theme and style are highly reflective of the era in which it was made, it is still packs a seriously creepy punch. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 21, 2005 | | Summary | Still a Disturbing social commentary. | Content
| I saw this film on TV when I was very young and I enjoyed the creepy atmosphere. Most of the social elements went way over my head. So suffice to say, when I rewatched it, it revealed a whole new level of creepiness.
A lot of the early feminist rhetoric was scary in it's anger and it shows thru Joanna and Bobbi. The movie also reveals that Stepford was once a big NOW town but has since become housefrau heaven. Joanna and Bobbi set out to find out why and are doomed.
The disturbing aspect, that noone ever mentions, in this film is that the Stepford men don't want new wives they want their old wives. I could never understand why Walter needed to change his beautiful wife. But now with a few years under my belt, I can see that the Eberhardt's marriage is on the rocks. Joanna is on the verge of becoming a professional photographer and it is a real, unspoken threat that she will take the kids, blow out of Stepford back to the big city. In fact, I would bet that 90% of the Stepford men were in marriages heading into divorce. The men's club program was a last ditch effort to keep broken marriages intact, to freeze their pretty wives at the height of their beauty and to never be bothered with feminine independence again. The end of the film is still spooky.
Stay away from the remake. It just focused on the campy aspects of the original and got it all wrong. Also, this is 70's film. Don't expect a lot of action but do expect a lot of great acting. One very good reason to see this is for Paula Prentiss' great character Bobbi, she never stops being funny. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 17, 2005 | | Summary | Stepford Wives - a brave engagement against ritual abuse | Content
| Truly, this film is highly recommended to be purchased for any woman and/or man... What is seen as an exaggerated commentary on contemporary life carries with it more truth than may at first be understood in this cautionary tale. The lives of these people in Stepford are wasted and nothing shall retrieve them. Only the bravery of speech can begin to undo the machanisms of control as is seen by this film, it is an excellent work of true art. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 11, 2005 | | Summary | What does anyone see in this? | Content
| I saw the terrible Nicold Kidman version of this recently and found out it was a remake. I thought i'd check out the original because veryone was saying it was so much better, and a thriller.
Quite frankly, Imo both movies suck on diffrent levels. This one set's up a womens fight to liberate herself and be strong, setting up various things along the way, only to fail and become what is expected of her. So, women are weak and wont win in the end is the moral of this film I guess. Thats why I I did not like it, it's typical 60's crap where men are always the ones who come out on top.
The flow was boring, the story left things un-anserwed or just added for no other reason then to kill time, and the whole thing is not a comedy, not a thriller, it's a boring drama with a small twist of robotics sci-fi.
I dunno what any one see's in this, the end result does not pay off and quite frankly it is just boring. Infact it was so boring, I think the remake was better and thats saying something shocking. |
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