Joanna (Nicole Kidman) and her husband (matthew broderick) move to the beautiful suburbs of Stever and live a brand-new life in the upper class. However, Joanna soon found that the new environment around her was a little strange, because the housewives around her were not very human. These housewives who only lived in their own residential areas were simply amazing. They were not only buried in the lock of family affairs all day, but also busy learning all kinds of "tricks" to please their husbands, and their personalities were all gentle and lovable. There seems to be only one exception here-Barbie (bette midler) is Joanna's new friend after she moved in. She is a rude, sarcastic and uncultured alcoholic. Although she is a collection of bad habits, she highlights her humanity. During the investigation, Joanna and Barbie found that all the husbands here had colluded and turned their wives into half-man, half-machine replicas ... Did Joanna and Barbie, who discovered the truth, struggle for survival or go with the flow and become the next batch of "charming wives" to be transformed?