The Stepford Wives

[london]

My fav line was when Bette Midler said she stuck with Xanex because it's a classic.  

This movie was made by rich Hollywood stars and was meant to be watched by their peers.  To me, the statement this movie made was we are so annoyed with the banality and superficiality of our rich worlds, we are going to spend money and make a movie about it because we can.  I think of all the low budget indy films out there that have something to say and I feel bad for them.  Maybe I cant relate to spending $200/hr on shrinks, and getting the latest and greatest drugs, and having so much money I could have a house with a robotic dog if I chose to.  I thought many middle class Americans relied on 2 incomes for their survival.

I dont think this movie had any relevancy to today's issues.  The time period in which it was originally made was poignant and made a statement.  But in today's world it seemed irrelevant.  It should have been something more to do with the gay community.  Those are  the issues of our day (the gay marriage debate etc).  McGuffin had a good thought.  "In fact, a better suited storyline was about making the gay male "wife" straight."  Or something along those lines.  Any more suggestions?

The acting was not believable, the writing was a regurging of standard jokes today (the AOL rip- no wonder she's slow) and the plot was outdated.  However, it is nice to know that Nicole Kidman, the Channel couture girl, can look just as bad in ill fitting Gap clothes as the rest of us.