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Stepmom (1998)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:23
Rotten:30
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Great performances from the leads can't save this factory mill tearjerker.
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Jackie (Susan Sarandon) and Luke (Ed Harris) are divorcing after years of marriage and two children, Anna and Ben. Their new stepmother, Isabel (Julia Roberts), wants to be involved in the... Jackie (Susan Sarandon) and Luke (Ed Harris) are divorcing after years of marriage and two children, Anna and Ben. Their new stepmother, Isabel (Julia Roberts), wants to be involved in the children's life, but is unwilling to sacrifice anything for her work. Jackie considers this to be selfish and rude, sparking a conflict between the two women. When cancer enters the picture, everyone is forced to grow in order to settle their differences. A tearjerker in the truest sense of the word. [More]
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Julia Roberts, Ed Harris, Jena Malone
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Julia Roberts, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Lynn Whitfield, Darrell Larson, Mary Louise Wilson
Director: Chris Columbus
Director: Chris Columbus
Screenwriter: Gigi Levangie, Jessie Nelson, Karen Leigh Hopkins, Ronald Bass, Steven Rogers
Producer: Chris Columbus, Wendy Finerman, Mark Radcliffe
Composer: John Williams
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Reviews for Stepmom
A sloppily scripted, formulaic tear-jerker about spoiled rich people who whine a lot. I defy you to feel anything for these characters other than the desire to slap them--even Sarandon's obligatorily terminally-ill Mom.
Conveys many of the difficulties inherent in the stepfamily arrangement and the insecurities we all tend to feel when we compare ourselves to others.
Despite the occasional dramatic clichè and some predictable dialogue, however, the melodrama is often effective.
Manipulative drivel whose main purpose is to supply an outlet for product placements!
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| 32% 32% | Terminator Salvation |
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| 88% 88% | Inglourious Basterds |
| 78% 78% | The Hangover |
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