4.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Stepford Wives (2004)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.4
Overview
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Gender Swap: Yes
Overview
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film is a satirical critique of patriarchal control and the dehumanization of women, explicitly promoting progressive ideals of female autonomy and challenging rigid traditional gender roles. Its central conflict and resolution strongly align with a left-leaning feminist perspective.
The movie features a largely traditional cast without explicit DEI-driven recasting. However, its narrative strongly critiques traditional patriarchal control and gender roles, portraying male characters who enforce these dynamics as antagonists.
Secondary
The film features a gay character, Roger Bannister, who is transformed into a subservient drone, mirroring the fate of the women. While his outcome is tragic, the narrative strongly condemns the forces that strip individuals of their identity, implicitly affirming the worth of LGBTQ+ individuality by portraying his loss as equally horrific.
The character of Dale Coba, the male mastermind from the original novel and 1975 film, is reimagined as Claire Wellington, a female character who is revealed to have undergone a gender transition from male. This constitutes a gender swap.
The film "The Stepford Wives" (2004) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on gender roles, conformity, and patriarchal control, but these elements do not intersect with or depict transgender identity in any way.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2004 film is an adaptation of a novel and a previous film. All major characters, originally depicted as white, are portrayed by white actors in this adaptation, with no instances of a character's established race being changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.4
5.7
Critic Ratings
2.5
4.2
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