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Stepmom (Full Screen)

5 star:		(97)
4 star:		(31)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

Stepmom may not be a definate classic but It will be remembered as a sad sad movie. It is one of the most heartbreaking films I have ever seen. Susan Sarandon gave what should've been an Academy Award nominated performance as a single mom battling cancer. Julia Roberts has another good performance as well as Ed Harris. The film does move you and make you feel lucky. It isn't my favorite, but for anyone who loved Terms of Endearment and Steel Magnolias this is the movie for you.

i can see 2 moms have to get alone for the family and child. it's impossible sprits after a break marriage.

Great movie!! 2 hours of comedy, drama, and a little romance too! Acting was very believable and kept me very hooked in the story! Although I must admit parts of when Susan Sarandon's sick character was witnessed truly grossed me out!! But that was really only for 2 short moments!! I hope everyone enjoys this movie because I really did!!

There is a lot going on in this film. You have Roberts, you is the young career woman who has the bad luck to fall in love with a man who has children--and a man who's not the most responsible at that, so she occasions has to handle the kids. Roberts really handles this dilemma well. She conveys how much this arrangement cramps her style while remaining sympathetic--especially in light what a hard time the kids give her.

Sarandon deftly handles the woman left behind for a younger woman. Not an easy role to do well. She comes across as stern, moraled, and injured without being pathetic or a complete witch. Nicely done.

The kids who round out the family do a nice job as well.

The theme of this film has been done many times in television movies--and done fairly well. It's handled well here. I agree with reviewers who said it would have been interesting to see them develop a relationship that had to endure--in other words, Sarandon lives... And she and Roberts have to continue figuring it all out. But, this isn;t that movie. This film does a good job with its own objection. Nicely done.

I saw this movie a few months ago and I enjoyed it. Parts of the movie are very sad and I have seen movies like this that were overly melodramatic and extremely sappy but this movie managed to avoid that and I recommend it to fans of Susan Sarandan, Julia Roberts and Ed Harris.

This is sort of a dumb movie full of cliques and melodrama. It was perfect for the Christmas season when it was released. Who couldn't find heartwarming a tale of wayward ex-husband shacking up with good-hearted but shallow chippie who clashes with spoiled but good-hearted kids and shrew-like ex-wife. But shrew-like ex-wife is croaking and realizes good-hearted but shallow chippie will end up raising her spoiled but sweet children. Does the chippie mature enough to handle the job by the end of the flick? What do you think. They all end up happy at the end, though shrew-like ex-wife still bites the dust but not after mending all fences with wayward ex-husband and shallow but good-hearted chippie. Stupid and predictable, this film nonetheless is pretty good to watch to pass time and is entertaining. Credit the great cast making soapdish junk watchable. I still have to cringe, though, when Sarandon makes that awful cape for the son. Yuck, totally dumb gift. Julia Roberts could have shown some more flesh as well, but it works.

where you are a stepmom or stepdad you can relate to this movie its is so real to life. my wife and i saw this three times in theather it was so great. i do not care how many times we see this movie i will have a toldly soaked shirt on from wife putting head on my shoulder and bawling eyes out to my own weeping. i remember driving home from second time from seeing this i thought i was going to have to stop to let wife drive i was still crying so hard. this is just a good old rip your heart type of movie. so if you are stepmom or stepdad this movie is great. see it.

This movie is incredibly good, but if you don't like a tear-jerker, chances are you won't like Stepmom. But if you want to see an unbelievably powerfull movie, and a stellar preformance by Susan Serandon, then you'll love it. Even cement would break out sobbing at the end of this movie. It shows the hardships that children go through in a divorce situation, the akwardness of stepmothering, the hell of dying from cancer, and the inexpressibly painful task of explaining all this to your kids. Everyone should watch this movie-except I would not recomend it to people who are close to someone who is divorcing or dying. But anybody else will love it.

Rated P.G,this ultimate chick flick for all ages, is one movie which will definitley make the most cold hearted person reach for the tissue box,if not at the start,then definitley by the end.
This is also one movie you wouldn't want to drag your boyfriend,(any typical male,etc),to as they will either find it to low on action,or they will fall asleep.But with that aside,this is an excellent movie to watch with your mum,sister,or friends for a fun girls night.

set mainly in the city of New York,this is one of the first films to show the pain and jealousy involved when you divorce,and your ex finds someone else,especially when children are involved and expected to treat their father's new girlfriend as if she were their mum,(which happens all the time in real-life).
The only bad thing I can say about this movie is the complete lack of suspence,and action.There is virtually no action,mostly sad,hurtful scenes with lots of realistic looking tension between the leads.whilst I say there isn't much action and suspence,the suprises and shocks all through this movie,more than make up for it.Great performances all round from both the leads,Susan Sharadon,and Julia Roberts,and excellent directing by Chris Columbus.
this ultimate tear-jerker of a movie is a must see,and perfect for a rainy day!

Julia Roberts is becoming the stepmother of two kids who are absolutely partial about it and do not want to give her the smallest space in their life, preferring their own real mother. Divorce is not an easy matter and remarrying is even more difficult for the children. But a stepmom has to learn how to become and be a real mother, has to learn how to capture the children's attention, interest and trust. This is done especially because the real mother has cancer and is going to die. When she realises this she stops fighting and helps the stepmom to be accepted by the kids because she has to give way to her since she is going to go and leave forever. The relation between the two mothers, the real one and the step one, is explored in great details and is very convincing. The kids are also very good and full of feeling and true emotion. The father is mostly on the sideline and certainly not the center of the film, but after all the stepmother is the star, the stepmother who is being born little by little. Emotions and feelings are uppermost in this film that becomes some entertaining and also thought bringing two hours.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University of Perpignan