In the original Katherine Ross was independent and successful. Her husband, weak, vain and pathetic. The idea, though feminist, was of appeal to both sides of the gender divide by virtue of being ABLE to view both sides but with the simple idea that what was being proposed was inherently wrong. The concept was horrific.. Everyone in this version of the movie is so unbelievably obnoxious, both male and female, that you would gladly nuke the town! Even the tacked on ending, no reveal here, doesn't make up for the scripts failings. This 'post modern' version is not funny, not horrific and unaffecting - aside perhaps from the desire to wonder where the last couple of hours of your life went and why...
Review of The Stepford Wives
