The Stepford Wives

The fear of women's economic and social power also never went away, and the remake's attempt to distance itself from something that's neither vintage nor remote raises the question of what, exactly, we were meant to find relevant about it.

It glides by on the notion that there is little that is still frightening about being an American woman. I wish I could say it was a premise whose time had come.

Comedic remake of '70s horror movie has sex humor.

Absent the suspense and satirical thrust of its predecessor, The Stepford Wives is a star-studded, soft-centered piece of whimsy

The subject of feminism is a juicy subject to pick apart here, and in retrospect, the audience is left with some questions.

The movie could only have worked as an overbaked parody, but director Frank Oz, despite some feinting towards an antic-gothic Tim Burton style, just doesn’t have his heart in it.

...a predominantly misbegotten endeavor...

It feels mostly like a merely functional film that misses the opportunity to be something special.