Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Burkettonhe This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

OneEightNine Media So I watched both versions of the Stepford Wives back to back. And, of course the original is better but not for obvious reasons. Basically the newer version is a wannabe Tim Burton movie that fails on all levels.So yeah, by my introduction you can tell I wasn't a fan. At least the girls are pretty to look at, as ironic as that happens to be considered the fact this film should have more substance because it covers heavy topics like gender equality, domestic slavery and what not. The film falls flat because it has zero depth. It is also annoying in how it tries to make both men and women happy. But the biggest sin of all is that it is an unfunny comedy.

Isaac Wang I like how men behave in the film. Unlike many other films, men in this film are weak, selfish and to some degree quite true. The idea of robots does not make too much sense to me but it looks like a practical way to solve the problem of men. I also like the way how tradition is presented in the film and the AOL joke.

zkonedog Sometimes, while watching a film that has great potential, it is difficult to understand or believe some of the inexplicable choices that film-makers decide upon. In "The Stepford Wives", a great kernel of a story is turned into almost a complete and utter farce that could have been oh so much better.For a basic plot summary, "Stepford Wives" tells the story of Joanna Eberhart (Nicole Kidman), an extremely driven career women who suffers a nervous breakdown. Husband Walter (Matthew Broderick) decides to move her and the family to the gated community of Stepford, managed by Mike Wellington (Christopher Walken). In Stepford, however, Joanna and newfound friend Bobbie (Bette Midler) try to unravel the mystery behind the "always-smiling, just-a-little-too-perfect" Stepford wives and their odd husbands.I would give a spoiler alert here (and it still stands if you know absolute nothing about this movie), but the trailers and film itself do a pretty good job ruining that department. To be blunt, it is so obvious that the Stepford wives are robots (based on a few incredibly stupid scenes and some really bad special effects) that it pretty much kills the ending. It's almost like director Frank Oz was trying to mock the original film instead of crafting the taut masterpiece that could have been.And that truly is what is so sad about "The Stepford Wives". The social concepts behind the film are very, very interesting for both men and women to think about, but this effort makes a mockery for them. It plays serious issues for sight gags and farcical humor. Heck, a movie like this would have worked better even as horror or suspense, but the comedy sinks it like an anchor.Basically, the only reason I can give the movie even two stars is because that "kernel of story" is interesting. My exact rating would be about 1.5 stars, because I can't remember the last time I saw a movie that "screwed it up" this bad in the story-interpretation department.

karen5778 This movie is just an excuse for a bunch of jokes about sexism, which is exactly what we wanted. The jokes are good and the humor is never scatological. The characters are fairly well drawn though hardly complex. On the whole it is above average for a genre, the cutesy remake, which tends to be horrible. If you have any ideas about how you would do a new Stepford Wives you will probably be disappointed and annoyed. There is relatively little social commentary or suspense, in fact the only suspenseful scene is just funny. The hows and whats of what the ladies are isn't really addressed much, in part because it would be more disturbing than this movie wants to be. On the other hand, it never breaks character, so you can just cruise comfortably to the end, laughing every minute or so.As a professional horticulturist, I must mention the plantings and flower arrangements. The orchids were just becoming available at grocery stores and the gladiolus in the "plantings" must have been hand placed in some cases, cause they don't grow in graceful sprays. Someone did an awesome job.