Brenda Strong, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria Parker, Nicollette Sheridan, Ricardo Chavira, James Denton, Doug Savant,...
Runtime:
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MPAA Rating:
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In Theaters:
3 October 2004 USA
Distribution:
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Television, American Broadcasting Company, Lifetime Television, E4, Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Canadian Television, Cool TV, 7 Network, Channel 4 Television Corporation, Radiotelevisione Italiana, NHK
Mary Alice's suicide leaves behind a mystery involving her husband Paul Young, her son Zach, and a mysterious toy chest, which Paul digs out from underneath the family's pool. Ultimately, it is revealed to have contained the skeletal remains of a dead woman's body.
The story unravels through Mary Alice's four friends and neighbors. Each has her own storyline that ties into the theme of being a desperate housewife: accident-prone single mother Susan Mayer trying to find love; perfect housewife Bree Van de Kamp, mother of two problematic teenagers, who struggles to save her marriage; married Lynette Scavo tries to be super-mom to four children while longing to return to her life as a corporate executive; and materialistic, adulterous ex-runway model Gabrielle Solis who tries to keep her husband from finding out about her affair, and then finds out she's pregnant.