Stepmom
Be there for the joy. Be there for the tears. Be there for each other.
Be there for the joy. Be there for the tears. Be there for each other.
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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1998
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Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
125 min
Release date:
25 Dec 1998
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$50,000,000
Revenue:
$159,710,793
Awards:
8 wins & 7 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
A lab-engineered weepie!
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The acting is good, as is a fair portion of the dialogue and quite a number of individual scenes.
– Steven Rosen,
Denver Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
When Susan Sarandon wants you to cry, you cry. When Julia Roberts wants you to smile, you smile.
– Philip Wuntch,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A very bland pudding!
– Robert Horton,
Film.com,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Not since 1979's Kramer vs. Kramer has a mainstream movie more accurately, insightfully, humorously or tear-jerkingly dramatized family life in our time than Stepmom!
– Susan Stark,
Detroit News,
1 Jan 2000