  STEPWORD WIVES WASN'T SO BAD Saturday afternoon I went to catch a matinee of The Stepford Wives. I wasn't expecting much because it received such horrible reviews, but I wanted to see it anyway because it was one of those movies my mom watched again and again as I was growing up. Plus, I like Nicole Kidman and Bette Midler. First, I cannot believe how expensive movies have become.
It's $8.50 for a movie now. I went to see a matinee and it was $6.50. When I was a kid we used to walk ten miles through the snow to the theater and only pay $1.75. Okay. Now that is out of my system. The spoof of reality TV shows was great especially the one with the man and the woman competing to answer the questions and the woman hits the buzzer first on the question, "Who is more likely to be turned on by a sexy lesbian? " The characters are not entirely three-dimensional, but Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick do a nice job.
Bette Midler and the guy who plays the gay guy are both great. I cannot believe that Faith Hill faked an orgasm on screen. The ending added a new twist to the original, but I'm not sure what the robot on the table was all about. It did get a little preachy at the end, but overall, it was just good fun. Definitely worth a matinee or a video rental. 
