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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767821766
Format: Full Screen, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby
ISBN: 0767821769
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 13, 1999
Running Time: 124 minutes
Sales Rank: 5125
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1998
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Product Description:
A touching story of unlikely friendship between two remarkable women. A hilarious poignant heartfelt drama about the tears we shed and the joys we share when someone new steps into the family. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Julia Roberts Ed Harris Run time: 125 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Chris Columbus
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Though Stepmom was dismissed as a contender in the 1998 Oscar race, it's worth giving a second chance to this rather cogent, sharp-tongued look at second chances. Susan Sarandon's performance as a mom about to be replaced by her ex-husband's new girlfriend (played by Julia Roberts) has a lot of bite, and it's a shame the script opted to marginalize and trivialize her plight in its final reel. Initially, the rancor that passes between divorced mom Jackie (Sarandon) and trendy fashion photographer Isabel (Roberts) rings true, aided by the sincerity of Jackie's ex-husband Luke (Ed Harris) and the emotional plight of their children, who have the most to lose in their parents' divorce. As the drama makes clear, the kids are the real victims in the agony that ensues between old and new love.
Director Chris Columbus, who is adept at showing familial chaos (he directed Mrs. Doubtfire and Home Alone) with a sanitized minimum of lingering emotional damage, actually manages to dig a trifle deeper than usual in exploring the jealousy and hurt that occur when the baton is passed between a birth mom and the younger wife who steps into her shoes. Stepmom fortunately manages to touch on that chord--showing how an ambitious woman might feel hampered by the responsibility of children just because she's fallen in love with their dad--as well as the haunting grief that it causes their birth mom. It's an issue that haunts millions of second wives everywhere, and while Roberts conveys the confusion of being taken for granted in the melee that follows, it's Sarandon who walks off with the film. She's relentless in her fury, and everyone else in the film--the generally excellent Harris included--is sideswiped. It's just a shame that Hollywood once again wimps out in the end, solving the problem by giving Sarandon a terminal illness. Instead of allowing Jackie and Isabel's relationship to unfold on something less than a high note, the movie has to quell its best thing with a false payoff because it doesn't know what to do with real life. --Paula Nechak
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Stepmom
Delivery was as agreed and the dvd was in excellent condition. I will buy
from this provider again.
Rating:  - Creepy subtext
Am I the only one bothered by the fact that the father (Ed Harris) was mostly absent from his kids' lives? It appears that he and his first wife (Susan Sarandon) divorced because he's a workaholic. Now he's got a new fiance (Julia Roberts) and she's the one taking care of the kids and sacrificing her career, while he goes on his merry workaholic way. Wife #1 is dying, but fortunately Wife #2 is now all trained up to take her place so that the Husband doesn't have to make any life changes or career concessions whatsoever. Creepy.
Rating:  - LOVE the house!
I watch this movie because I love Ed Harris and his eyes:) and the Victorian House in the woods!! These two things are worth watching the movie for.
Rating:  - Not a wicked stepmom.
Stepmom starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon is a funny and moving film directed by Chris Columbus. Ed Harris also stars and jeez isn't he great in every movie?! I like Roberts in this film, she plays her role as a stepmother with humor and heart. Sarandon's character is a bit annoying but hey she's dying of cancer. Sad, sad, sad film, I highly recommend it!
Rating: - Really Moving Film
I just rented this because I was interested in seeing more movies with Julia Roberts, one of my favorite Hollywood actresses. i think she is beautiful and really gets into her parts. "Step Mom" is one of her best films. I'm not really a big Susan Sarandon fan but she was good in this movie. It revolves around the lives of the step mother conflcting with the mother from the previous marriage. The kids in this movie help liven up the movie and unfortunately havent been in any big name future films since. Jackie ends up getting cancer later in the movie which will bring tears to your eyes in some scenes. Isabel (Julia Roberts) is pretty much an artsy photographer who is considered "hip" by Jackie, the mother of the children. They have to put up with Isabel's poor motherhood instincts like accidentally "losing" one of the children in one scene. Later in the movie you grow to like both mothers. Even the father Luke gets likeable later in the movie as his character becomes more real. The cast of the movie is pretty talented. This is one of the better films Julia Roberts has been in. While "The Pelican Brief" is my all-time favorite of hers, "Stepmom" is still worth watching even though it's an older movie. Warning: if you're emotional be sure to bring some tissues with you while watching it. Definately worth the price.
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