The Stepford Wives story
A disgraced reality TV show producer mother begins to suspect that the frighteningly submissive housewives in her new idyllic Connecticut neighborhood may be robots created by their husbands. The film is a remake of the 1975 film of the same title; both films are based on the Ira Levin novel The Stepford Wives.
12 total · 4 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| disintegrating romantic relationship | major | Joanna and Walter's marriage was falling apart and they worked over the course of their stay in Stepford to rekindle their love. |
| family affairs | major | The story followed the Eberhart's as the adjusted to their new lives in the seemingly idyllic American town of Stepford. |
| husband and wife | major | We saw Joanna and Walter Eberhart relocate from Manhattan to the seemingly idyllic American town of Stepford. Other married couples featured include the Wellington's, the Markowitz', and the Sunderson's. |
| the battle of the sexes | major | The Stepford men were transforming their liberated, career-driven wives into submissive robot-like women by implanting microchips into their brains. Also of note is that Joanna was producer of a reality TV show called "Battle of the Sexes". |
| boyfriend and boyfriend | minor | Flamboyantly gay man Roger Bannister moved to Stepford with his boyfriend in a last ditched effort to salvage their relationship after the boyfriend became a Republican. |
| brain implant | minor | The Stepford men were transforming their liberated, career-driven wives into submissive robot-like women by implanting microchips into their brains. |
| choosing between lovers | minor | We saw a reality TV show episode with Barbara being offered the choice between her husband and a big, hunky guy. She chose the hunky guy, and her husband shot her over it. |
| coping with being eclipsed by a family member | minor | It turned out that Walter was secretly deeply jealous of Joanna's success in the entertainment industry and had arranged to have her transformed into a simple-minded woman who would wait on him hand and foot, although he reversed his decision at the last minute. |
| coping with the loss of one's livelihood | minor | Wildly successful reality television executive producer Joanna Eberhart had a nervous breakdown after she was fired over having produced a controversial episode. |
| extramarital affair | minor | It turned out that Claire Wellington killed her husband, Mike, upon catching him cheating on her with a 21 year old woman. |