Review of The Stepford Wives (2004) by Smijatov — 14 Feb 2012
This was such a bad comedy! The cast is actually quite impressive, but they do not do much with their shallow characters - and how could they?? Horrible screenplay, and just a bad film overall... Nicole Kidman is decent in the film, and the overall cast is good.
Bette Midler is pretty good and pretty much the most entertaining character in this "comedy." As Kidman said at a press statement once "It's a comedy. We hope." Unfortunately, that hope did not materialise into reality, since there is almost nothing funny about The Stepford Wives.
It is not even bad enough to be funny - that's how bad it is! The 2 is truly only out of my respect for the misguided actors and for rather good production design - the costumes and art direction were both very well done.
Overall, though, a film that had a lot of potential has been sucked dry of all its originality, charm and, most importantly, its humour.
This review of The Stepford Wives (2004) was written by Smijatov on 14 Feb 2012.
The Stepford Wives has generally received mixed reviews.
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