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.
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
rotten:
A very bland pudding!
– Robert Horton,
Film.com,
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
fresh:
The acting is good, as is a fair portion of the dialogue and quite a number of individual scenes.