Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Amber Heard, Sela Ward

A seemingly normal man wants the perfect family. When they don't measure up, he eliminates them and moves on to find his next perfect family.

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11% liked it

38 critics

PG-13, 1 hr. 41 min.

Directed by: Nelson McCormick

Release Date: October 16, 2009

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  • November 2, 2009
    It made me fall asleep.
  • November 7, 2009
    Critics hated this movie. So I went in with low expectations. Very low. Well, you know when you do that...the movie is going to come out better than expected. Yes, this wasn't the most dynamic script. In fact, we've seen this all before. But for what it's worth, this film works t...( read more)o a certain extent. It does address the issues of trust, loyalty, and what exactly is a family. Sela Ward is a personal favorite of mine. She performs well as a single mother ready to marry again, but then she meets a nice guy (well...the audience knows he 's a psycho) and is blinded by what she see and her quest to be happy again.

    Believable...yes. But the movie doesn't move beyond the basics. It is what it is.
  • October 31, 2009
    "The Stepfather" is yet another movie remade that is very suspenseful at times and entertaining to make it worth the time.
  • October 27, 2009
    The movie is predictable but it kept my attention. I am a fan of Sela Ward since she is an ex-Alabama Football Cheerleader..ROLL TIDE!! lol :)
  • October 21, 2009
    The Stepfather is a pretty lame movie. I don't know if anyone put everything they had into making a quality movie here, but if that person did, the end result is pretty sad. It's a standard, nothing special, nothing unique, nothing suspenseful, nothing scary movie. Nothing.

    I'm...( read more) thinking that after watching the finished movie, they called the young woman back and had her bob around in a bikini to put something worth watching in it. Still wasn't enough. Sela Ward is beautiful, and still does nothing for the movie. The rest of the supporting cast also offered nothing special.

    You know the guy's a villain. You know everything that's going to happen. Nothing more than the previews. They gave everything away with the previews, and offered nothing but space between the clips.

    It's nothing more than an average made for TV movie beefed up and put on the big screen. If you go, do so not expecting anything.
  • December 31, 2009
    I haven't seen this film yet, but, i culd jus imagine if my mom wuz still married 2 my "stepdad"...if he wuld indeed be like this....Hmmmm......
  • December 30, 2009
    ....Um...Yeah, no thank you Step-Dad.
  • December 26, 2009
    the ride at knotts scary farm sucked. i'm not into scary movies. but this looks pretty good.
  • December 24, 2009
    was very suspensiful in an when is something actually gunna happen way. Was no where near as scary as i though it was gunna be. It coulda been way scarier in my opinion. The way the movie was filmed it also coulda had a little bit shorter of a movie. For me the scariest part of t...( read more)he movie was the lighting during the end of it. This movie coulda been alott better
  • December 23, 2009
    Some sexy scenes, some suspenseful scenes, kinda funny scenes. All around decent movie.

Critic Reviews


October 18, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Better to honor history and rent the original. full review

October 16, 2009
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

a shabby substitute for its original. full review

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  • rebbecca20
    December 2, 2009
    super awesome movie one of he biggest hit of all time .i have watched it alread you can watch it here http://tiny4.us/kde2ck

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