Here at Tuesday Night is Film Night, we have a small number of outstanding films yet to watch, however will they be outstanding in the fact that we haven't seen them yet, or will they be outstanding in reality?
The first film in the list to come under the cinematic microscope is the 2004 sci-fi, comedy thriller;
The Stepford Wives
We weren't sure what to expect from The Stepford Wives, having not seen the 1975 original, nor this; the 2004 remake. The cast list is impressive, with some big Hollywood names, but can the story live up to the stellar cast?
Not sure........
The story follows Joanna Eberhart (Nicole Kidman), a successful TV network president, who suffers a nervous breakdown after some disastous events loses her postion as network president.
Her husband; Walter (Matthew Broderick) decides to move the family from Manhattan to the manufactured community of Stepford.
On arrival, it all seems very weird, cutesy and idyllic. The women are polite and smiling homemakers, the epitome of a 1950's American dream.
Joanna makes friends with Bobbie Markowitz, brilliantly played by Bette Midler, who is an acerbic, recovering alcoholic, Jewish writer! Between them they try to discover the secret behind these perfect wives and also what goes on behind the closed doors of the Stepford Men's Association.
I'm sure that the thriller moniker is not necessarily correct, as it certainly was not thrilling, nor was it very "sci-fi". Although the wives do turn out to be robots! Sorry, have I given that bit away?
The film gets off to a slow start and doesn't really pick up pace at all. There are some good laughs in it, so the comedy tag stands, but as a film to be recommended, then I'm afraid it's near the bottom of the pile.
Luckily, we did not have any preconceived expectations of this film, so it didn't have to live up to any, but it was poor.
Still, it's another film ticked off the outstanding list. Outstanding in the fact that we haven't watched them.
Fingers crossed for something better next week.
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