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The Stepfather

Daddy's home

2009 · 1h 41m · PG-13 Horror, Thriller
Directed by Nelson McCormick

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Overview

Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?

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13%
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Rotten

Not so much a contemporary re-make of Joseph Ruben's 1987 psychological thriller as a lobotomised bastard step-child: over-plotted, over-long, and stripped of the original's sharp, satirical subversion of suburban family values.

Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Fresh

The Stepfather is, finally, only as good as its stepfather -- and Dylan Walsh ain't bad.

Nick Pinkerton, L.A. Weekly
Rotten

That last stormy night of violence should be the shocker. Giving away his ruthlessness in earlier killings robs the movie of it its payoff as it saps the climax of much of its power.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten

This perfunctory retread had a tame, made-for-TV feel, and not just because the humdrum cast is composed of network and cable B-listers.

Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader
Rotten

This remake turns a fondly remembered horror/thriller into a mild and tedious suspense film.

Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

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