Stepmom

Stepmom (1998)

  • 44% of critics liked it
    (54 reviews)

  • 75% of users liked it
    (253,883 ratings)

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), a one-time book editor, is now the consummate soccer mom juggling the schedules of her two kids in… More

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PG-13, 2 hr. 5 min.
Directed By
Chris Columbus
Written By
Gigi Levangie, Jessie Nelson, Karen Leigh Hopkins, Ron Bass, Steven Rogers
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 25, 1998 Wide
On DVD
May 22, 2001
TriStar Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

    Too loud, bright and shallow for its subject!

  • 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!

  • Todd McCarthy, Variety

    It's merely a soap opera with elevated production values and a sterling cast.

  • Joyce Slaton, Common Sense Media

    Contrived yet effective family weepie.

  • Carlo Cavagna, AboutFilm.com

    A sloppily scripted, formulaic tear-jerker about spoiled rich people who whine a lot. I defy you to feel anything for these characters other than the desire to slap them--even Sarandon's obligatorily terminally-ill Mom.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bethany M


    Heartbreaking yet very heartwarming!

  • Chris W


    I'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… More

  • Kellie M


    My alltime favorite movie, can recite the lines!

  • Wahida K


    Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon were absolute great in this Movie. One of the Movie that leaves a tiny bit of it in your memories.

  • Jason O


    A 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… More

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