The Stepford Children (TV 1987)

In this sequel to The Stepford Wives, Steven and Laura Harding (along with their kids David and Mary) have moved to the quiet community of Stepford, CT. Steven joins the men's club, which ... See full summary »

Director:

Alan J. Levi

Writers:

William Bleich, Ira Levin (novel)

Stars:

Barbara Eden, Don Murray, Tammy Lauren

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Barbara Eden	...	Laura Harding
Don Murray	...	Steven Harding
Tammy Lauren	...	Mary Harding
Pat Corley	...	Sheriff Weston
Ken Swofford	...	Frank Gregson
Richard Anderson	...	Lawrence Danton
Sharon Spelman	...	Sandy Gregson
James Staley	...	Swimming Instructor
Raye Birk	...	George Larson
Debbie Barker	...	Lois Gregson
Dick Butkus	...	Tom Wilcox
James Coco	...	Mr. Jamison
Randall Batinkoff	...	David Harding
John Cameron Mitchell	...	Kenny
Judith Baldwin	...	Kimberly Summer

Storyline

In this sequel to The Stepford Wives, Steven and Laura Harding (along with their kids David and Mary) have moved to the quiet community of Stepford, CT. Steven joins the men's club, which is still assimilating their wives into robots. This time, they have begun to turn their out of control teens into robots as well. Once they are assimilated, they are obedient, homework loving, big band dancing droids. Laura, David, and Mary stumble onto this mystery, and they must avoid Steven's plans to turn them into robots.

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Plot Keywords:

robot | sequel | exhumation | housewife | cooking class | 

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Taglines:

Not everyone's perfect... yet.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 March 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Barnen i Stepford

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Taft Entertainment Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows The Stepford Wives (1975)

User Reviews

Talk about bland

A lot of people love films made for television. They are like a guilty pleasure, especially ones like those on Lifetime. They can sometimes be pretty silly, but entertaining at the same time. But then some are just plain lame and uninteresting and it's good they're never released to video. The first 'Stepford Wives' sequel turned out to be better than it had any right to be. It took seven years, but another was aired on TV and this time it takes things a little further. Unfortunately this time there is very little to recommend.

Pros: Above average performances, especially from Barbara Eden and Don Murray. Beautiful scenery. A few memorable sequences. The idea of Stepfordizing children is at least of change of pace.

Cons: Unexciting direction. Forgettable score. Tries to update the concept, but doesn't do it in any interesting ways. Very slow paced. Lacks suspense. Has not aged well. Anticlimactic ending.

Final thoughts: Part 2 is inferior to 1, but still a pretty good film. With this one they finally tried something a little different, but it doesn't work. The intelligence found in the first two is mostly absent this time. I could have forgiven that had the film not been so boring. Just skip this one.

My rating: 1.5/5