Summary
"The Stepford Wives" was one of the exploitable duds of 1975, so flat-footed and literal-minded that it remained oblivious to mischievous and satirical possibilities. Derived from an Ira Levin best seller that trifled with the marital anxieties of the 1970s, "Stepford" envisioned an ominously idyllic suburban community in Connecticut where the husbands conspired to transform their wives into statuesque, happy-homemaker and bed-partner zombies.
Given the absence of any pressure to live up to an esteemed original, screenwriter Paul Rudnick and director Frank Oz seemed to be sitting pretty as the jesters in charge of an updated "Stepford Wives." Maybe some fear of comparison would have helped.See the full content of this document
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'Stepford Wives' Remake Is a Misstep
Previous collaborators on the Kevin Kline comedy "In & Out," Mr. Rudnick and Mr. Oz prove so gauche and blatant while administering a farcical makeover to the Levin prete...
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