THE STEPFORD WIVES

 

Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler

Paramount Pictures; Directed by Frank Oz

Rated PG-13; 115 minutes; 2004

 

Joanna and her husband move from Manhattan to the suburb of Stepford, Connecticut.  She makes friends with the local families but begins to suspect something artificial about the wives.  To her horror she finds that the men of Stepford have replaced their wives with perfectly compliant robots in this terrific comedy-thriller.