| ANOTHER Waste of a Remake |
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| written by shizz |
April 28, 2008 - 2:46 AM PDT |
This was totally nbelieveable - even for a comedy, and hardly being funny at all. The biggest flaw in the movie (above the countless ones there are) is the fact that if the women were not robots, but embedded with bio chips in their brians, they were still human. That being the case, how could they do automated things like have ATM cards inserted into their abdomens, spit out one dollar bills, emit malfunctioning sparks, and in Bette Midlers characters case, hold her hand over fire without being burned, extend her arm about twellve feet to dust off a ceiling fan, grow a lawn mower out of her back....should I go on? Stick with the original.
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| Almost Human |
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| written by talltale |
November 1, 2004 - 8:55 PM PST |
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5 out of 6 members found this review helpful
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| An all-round misfire, this remake of THE STEPFORD WIVES is pretty much as bad as you've probably heard. Interestingly, the ending (which reportedly was added on at huge expense after preview screenings proved disastrous) is the most enjoyable part of the film. For the first hour it creaks along, with little of the wit or fun we've come to expect from Paul Rudnick (writer) and Frank Oz (director), although the cast does as good a job as possible, under fairly dire circumstances. In fact, the movie glides by so obviously and so very s-l-o-w-l-y that you may find yourself jumping up for a quick dose of caffeine--at least until the ending kicks in: great it ain't, but it does MOVE! (Roger Bart's ode to Glenn Close--as she channels her own performance in "Sunset Boulevard"--makes it almost worth sitting through this not-quite-fun fest.) |
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