Reviews

Too many people reviewing this take the film too seriously- or they went in expecting far too much. I loved the film, however in saying that, it had potential to be a whole lot better.

Nicole Kidman's role is pretty bland though, and there's not much she could do with it. Bette Midler is the standout in the film- back in top shape as far as comedy is concerned. Roger Bart is a real discovery in this film- and hopefully he'll be in more comedies in the future. It's nice to see a stereotype in a film after so much political correctness.

Having also seen a test screening of the film though, I can reveal Frank oz's original cut was a hell of a lot better than the final cut. There's a thread on the IMDb messageboards were I go into detail on the changes that have been made.

The comedy is very Will And Grace, current-events sort of sitcom comedy-a rarity on the big screen. There are some really great jokes (things you can do with a pinecone), parts that amuse (the opening sequence and the reality show satire), and some interesting special effects. However, the new 'Larry King' ending confuses people a lot- as well as the Cartoon bit. These were added after the test screenings, and shouldn't have been. The original ending had the women inside robotic bodies, but there human brains intact. The ending scene has Joanna leaving Stepford, and Bobbie malfunctioning (the 'Goodbye, seeya' bit in the trailer)- and means that there aren't any plot holes in the film.

The editing leaves some slow parts in the film, and the movie should have been longer. Frank Oz left out a scene (that will be on the DVD almost definitely), that he'll regret leaving out- and would've livened up the movie so much. In it, Joanna stabs Bobbie (a bit of tension for those who complained the movie wasn't dark enough), she malfunctions and displays her functions- including built in fridge, speakers (head flies off and spins around to demonstrate orgasm), whisk, and lawnmower.

All in all though, I thought the movie was great. It had some biting satire, hilarious jokes. I think people are too used to either incredibly witty banter in movies (sort of a cross between Neil Simon, Quentin Tarantino and Jerry Seinfeld) or incredibly stupid gross-out movies- and that's why they couldn't accept this movie.

See the Stepford Wives for a good cinema-going experience.

First, I'd like to say, this movie wasn't that good. The only good part was the tense excitement of when the Mummy kills someone, the killings are quick except for Morris, which was a bit stupid and funny that one. But the killings were expected. The Aztec costume worn by Norman (thank god he has never been in another movie, if someone stared at you with eyes rolling in their head, would you stand there? Well in this the rest of them do) looks like something rejected from those old B-Movies. and another thing, the mummy is kind of a stereotype, he walks like both legs are in plaster, like he's been stabbed and is weakening, he walks slowly as though he was absolutely dumb. The Mummy looks like the took a real big gorrila, took a freeze frame of Mr.Ed's face, glued it on to him and put on bandages. And as in all these dumb remakes made for no reason, when someone talks about an ancient civilisation they talk too drammatically, with too much passion, and most of all, they talk crap- that's what Norman does. Only watch if you enjoy murder scenes (which aren't very good, they're killed with a sickle shaped knife, you hardly see blood, except a few shots way into the film of the three dead bodies there from earlier. This movie could've been made by anyone, with no effects needed at all.

3/10