Rotten
A lab-engineered weepie!
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Stepmom
Be there for the joy. Be there for the tears. Be there for each other.
1998 · 2h 5m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Chris Columbus
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Chris Columbus Director
- Julia Roberts as Isabel Kelly
- Susan Sarandon as Jackie Harrison
- Ed Harris as Luke Harrison
- Jena Malone as Anna Harrison
- Liam Aiken as Ben Harrison
- Jason Maves as Brad Kovitsky
- Lynn Whitfield as Dr. P. Sweikert
- Darrell Larson as Duncan Samuels
- Mary Louise Wilson as Mrs. Franklin
- Andre B. Blake as Cooper
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
46%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The acting is good, as is a fair portion of the dialogue and quite a number of individual scenes.
Steven Rosen, Denver Post
Fresh
When Susan Sarandon wants you to cry, you cry. When Julia Roberts wants you to smile, you smile.
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
Rotten
A very bland pudding!
Robert Horton, Film.com
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
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