The Stepford Wives

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Wayne K @RT88290232 Jun 13 One of those smart, subtle 70s satires that bothered past audiences because it was so clever and infuriated modern audiences because the message wasn’t spoon fed to them, The Stepford Wives manages to do social commentary and bone-chilling suspense in almost equal measures. The final act is a masterclass in escalation and brutal, shocking payoff, and the dialogue, performances and camerawork always convey the sense that all is not as it seems. It’s funny that feminist groups took offense to it for depicting the titular wives as submissive and subservient, since that’s the very thing the story itself is critiquing. The fact that the husbands treat the scenario as if its perfectly normal is what really hammers the point home. If you like your social satires sharp, perceptive and insidiously creepy, this is definitely a movie to check out. See more Cees T @RT15093300 Oct 5 Slow start; rushed end. Nice horror comedy if you just turn your brain off. 6.6/10 See more Garry A @heavyg Aug 13 It's a slow grind getting through the first hour. Joanna Eberhart is great in this. The last 20 minutes were shocking, even though I could guess how the movie was going to end. See more Stephen C @bob25009 06/10/2025 Success in 1 hour and 55 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Blu B @RT43513976 05/16/2025 A Horror Classic. It's like if someone took Invasion of the Body Snatchers and set it in the backdrop of a movie like The Swimmer with a hint of Rosemary's Baby. Just really well made all around. The direction is excellent, the commentary on feminism and suburbia is first rate, and it's setting is very memorable. This isn't your typical horror movie. 90% of the time the film doesn't even feel like a horror movie but a drama more than anything. It's colorful, perfect, and a dream. There also is a very low on screen body count as well. Katherine Ross is excellent in this as well and the best thing character wise. The one issue this has for 75% of the runtime it's VERY slow and meandering at times. While we're always focused on Ross, the subject matter tends to bounce around quite a bit. Relationships with the other wives, her husband, the investigation into what's happening, it all feels a bit scattered. But it makes up for it with an ability to make ever single meandering scene not just well directed but having a sense of "something isn't right" even though everything is perfect it seems. It's very simliar to Halloween in that sense. Anyone who is a fan of horror movies, any actors in this, unique Sci-Fi flicks, movies that explore feminism or critiques of suburbia ,or the director should give this a try. See more Jonathan O @RT41230270 05/06/2025 Really effectively eerie and surprisingly dark humor and terrific performance by Katharine Ross. See more Read all reviews

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