Julia Roberts,
Susan Sarandon,
Ed Harris,
Jena Malone,
Liam Aiken
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Mrs. Doubtfire director Chris Columbus continues to explore the family turmoil of divorce in the tearjerker Stepmom, a story that pits the birth mother against the new mother. Jackie (Susan Sarandon),... read more
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Release Date: December 25, 1998
Keywords:
sad,
ed harris,
susan sarandon,
julia roberts,
mountain high,
Ed Harris ,
Susan Sarandon ,
Julia Roberts ,
Jena Malone
DVD Release Date: May 22, 2001
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August 18, 2010I'm not a huge fan of this type of stuff, but I found it not only tolerable, but actually fairly enjoyable. I think what made the movie work were the solid cast , and their decent performances. It's been a while since I saw this, so maybe a re-watch is in order to see if it still... read more
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December 9, 2009Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon were absolute great in this Movie. One of the Movie that leaves a tiny bit of it in your memories.
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September 10, 2009A journalist named Isabel (Julia Roberts) falls in love with Luke (Ed Harris). They have a great relationship, but everything's not nearly as easy going between Isabel and Luke's two children and their real mom. Jackie (Susan Sarandon), the real mom, isn't ready to accept having ... read more
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June 5, 2009i dont remember this due to seeing it when i was 8. But my 8-year-old self would think this sucks.
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January 18, 2009So wonderful! It's got sass and class, angst and remorse, fantasy and tragedy.
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December 25, 2008Susan is a terminally ill mother with two kids and an ex-husband who has met a young Julia. Such a tear jerker. Rivalry then respect.
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May 16, 2008I just gonna say WOW for this movie... A beautiful portrait of broken family from Chris Columbus... It's just great... The cast... They were brilliant... Especially Susan Sarandon, she's portrait like a true mother who got a cancer.. So sad... Almost makes me cry... Julia Roberts... read more
Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
January 1, 2000
Steven Rosen, Denver Post
The acting is good, as is a fair portion of the dialogue and quite a number of individual scenes.
January 1, 2000
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
When Susan Sarandon wants you to cry, you cry. When Julia Roberts wants you to smile, you smile. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Robert Horton, Film.com
A very bland pudding!
January 1, 2000
Susan Stark, Detroit News
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! Full Review
January 1, 2000
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Never feels either real enough to move us deeply or bubbly enough to make us forget our woes. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times
These two actresses are so galvanized and team up so well that the women's relationship soon upstages anything having to do with the man. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Julie Hinds, San Jose Mercury News
You won't be able to suspend your disbelief, but you will need extra tissues.
January 1, 2000
Eleonore Snow, Mr. Showbiz
It's a film that takes valid, complex family dynamics regarding divorce, remarriage, and parenting and reduces it all to bitchy catfighting, obvious button-pushing, and tawdry clichés.
January 1, 2000
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Too loud, bright and shallow for its subject!
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