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Name: Stepmom
Released: 1998-12-25
Cast: Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Lynn Whitfield

Stepmom

PG-13
2h 5m
1998

44%

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Anna and Ben, the two children of Jackie and Luke, have to cope with the fact that their parents divorced and that there is a new woman in their father's life: Isabel, a successful photographer. She does her best to treat the kids in a way that makes them still feel at home when being with their dad, but also loves her work and does not plan to give it up. But Jackie, a full-time mother, regards Isabel's efforts as offensively insufficient. She can't understand that work can be important to her as well as the kids. The conflict between them is deepened by the sudden diagnose of cancer, which may be deadly for Jackie. They all have to learn a little in order to grow together.

Director:

Chris Columbus

Producer:

Chris Columbus

Writer:

Jessie Nelson, Karen L Hopkins, Ron Bass, Gigi Levangie, Steven Rogers

Cast:

Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Lynn Whitfield, Liam Aiken

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

44%

Critics Consensus: Solid work from Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon isn't enough to save Stepmom from a story whose manipulations dilute the effectiveness of a potentially affecting drama.

Reviews

Detroit Free Press

Terry Lawson

We are coddled with bittersweet cocoa, dazzled with movie-star melodramatics and then trotted off to warm beds with assurance that as hard as life may get, there will always be a movie to trivialize our pain.

Premature death has long been a screenwriter's crutch, but it's rarely felt as annoying as it does here.

The saddest thing about Stepmom is that so many good actors are laid waste to this sappy and unrelenting melodrama. A waste of talent of this magnitude is really something to cry about.

It earns its tears with great performances and good writing

If you're going to make children say such terrible things, you should at least back it up with a movie about divorce and death that is sincere and penetrating. In other words, the type of film that Chris Columbus wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.

October 8, 2019

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