The Stepford Wives (1975)

Summary: In the town of Stepford, the women happily go about their housework: cleaning, doing laundry, and cooking gourmet meals. Anything to please their husbands. It’s all about them doing their best for their man. Too bad these women aren’t doing this of their own volition. The Eberharts just moved to the town and Joanna will soon learn that not everything is as happy as it seems.           Overall: I think despite it’s obvious flaws towards “realism,” the film still works. If anything, it helps us in the year 2005, to remember what life was like back in the “good ole days” of the 1940’s and 1950’s which everyone thinks had “perfect wives.” And then showing us what happened form the 1960’s and 70’s where the women started to “rebel” and “want equality.” The film I think does work to show that not everything is perfect and maybe anyone wanting the old days will never get it. But I do think the film works to creep you out and also show how far many might go to bring back a “Utopian” society.           Now on a different note...I know it was all “burn your bra” time back then…but could Katherine Ross have tried harder to cover up? That woman is “hard” frankly all movie long...and the scene in art gallery...you can’t help but notice how obvious they are!           Comparison: Pleasantville meets Fletch 2

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