The problem as I see it with “The Stepford Wives” hasn’t as much to do with the movie itself, as it has to do with the way the movie’s been marketed. Advertised as a biting, dark comedy with a hint of horror, Frank Oz’s “The Stepford Wives” turned out to be a campy comedy with humor replacing horror, and winks at the audience replacing the ‘dark’ in dark comedy.

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The architect Michael Newman has a typical middle-class family with his lovely and gorgeous wife Donna and their son Ben and daughter Samantha, and a constant visit of his parents. However, Michael is workaholic and under stress, trying to satisfy his boss with overwork and get a partnership in his company, giving priority to his work and neglecting the family issues. When the tired Michael goes to a department store to buy an universal remote control, he rests on a bed and he meets the weird salesman Morty that offers him a remote control capable of controlling his own universe. Michael uses too much and loses the control of the device, having his own life controlled by the remote control. Then Michael sees the worthwhile parts of his personal life he missed while working, and in the end of his life he lately concludes that the family comes first. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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