“Not
since 1979's Kramer vs. Kramer has a mainstream
movie more accurately, insightfully, humorously or tear-jerkingly dramatized family life
in our time”
- Susan Stark
“[A]
lab-engineered weepie . . . a speechy, pronouncement-filled script it took five writers to
assemble”
- Lisa Schwarzbaum
Stepmom
In this family drama, Julia Roberts must learn to play stepmom to
Susan Sarandon’s children, after the latter is struck with terminal cancer. Ed
Harris, Jena Malone, Liam Aiken. Director: Chris Columbus (1998, PG-13)
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