The Stepford Wives (2004)

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by disco1979

Why does this seem in keeping with the creepiness of the original film? Poor Joanna - still trapped.

I agree with you about the 2004 version. What we got seemed like a movie that had been passed through several committees. Even just to have workprints or deleted footage would be great.

Yep, it was VERY clear the studio mandated a reshot happy ending and ordered all the darkness to be toned down.

In the original teasers is was obvious that

[Show spoiler]the women were actually being murdered and replaced with robots

, like in the original. It was clear in the trailers that Bette Midler was

[Show spoiler]replaced with a robot, because there was a scene where robot-Bette malfunctioned

, and the trailers also had footage from a restaging of the original ending, showing that

[Show spoiler]Nicole was replaced with a robot at the end as well.

Instead, we got a neutered ending where

[Show spoiler]all the women are okay after all and the men learn their lesson.

Sigh.