Stepmom

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Summary: The Best Movie!!
Review: STEPMOM is one of my favorite movies of all time!! It puts together comady, romance, drama, and family all in one two hour movie!!

STEPMOM stars Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. They're best friends in real life, but for this movie, they can't stand being near each other!!

Julia plays Isabel, a very hip, kid-like woman who is in love with Luke. Luke is Jackie's ex-husband, who is played by Susan. So therefore, Isabel must take care of Jackie and Luke's two children, Ben and Anna.

The only problem is, Anna hates Isabel, and so Isabel gets annoyed. She doesn't seen to fit in. Especially when Jackie takes a dislike to her, also.

When Jackie finds out she has cancer, her world is torn in two, taking her family along with her. She can't cope with the fact that if she dies, her children will be left with Isabel.

This depressing movie brings the realistic reality that sometimes families must be there for each other. And Julia and Susan play the part of Isabel and Jackie perfectly!! Everyone will fall in love with Julia as she performs her role as the stepmother handling two young children. This is a MUST SEE!!

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Summary: one of my favorites
Review: I always have and always will consider this a very meaningful and worthwhile movie. Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon were outstanding choices for the lead roles because they truly knew how to fit the types of characters they were playing. Susan Sarandon is Jackie Harrison, a highly devoted mother who is an outstanding example of a woman who loves and places her children above herself. Her ex-husband Luke (Ed Harris) finds a new love, Isabel (Julia Roberts). The whole situation is difficult for Jackie and both of her young children, especially her 12-year-old daughter Anna, who resents Isabel. When Susan is diagnosed with fatal cancer, it becomes absolutely necessary for the two kids to learn to accept Isabel. Many, many hardships and challenges rise between Susan and Isabel before they are finally able to put aside their differences, become friends, and figure out how to handle the future of their family--a future that they can no longer deny. I especially liked this movie because it deals with such serious and complex issues that many of us can at least appreciate if we have not experienced it ourselves. You really feel the tone of the issue through Anna, Susan's oldest child. She is such a horrible brat, you want to kick her, but then you soften when you realize that she is just scared and upset because she loves both of her parents, and it is hard for her to get through all of the changes. Any of us can understand or even relate to that. Although I enjoyed most aspects of this movie, I really loved the way Susan taught her children not to be afraid of her death, especially her very young son. There's no greater way to show your love for your child than by putting on a brave face during the scariest moment of your life in order to spare them the fear that you feel yourself. It truly is touching the way Susan loves her kids so selflessly in this movie. It's very deep, very moving, and worth the money to buy. I hope this review was helpful.

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

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Summary: One of the best !
Review: 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 accept having another mother figure in the lives of her kids. Isabel also has a lot of problems dealing with the daughter because she doesn't want another mom. Isabel, Jackie, Luke, and the kids must find a way to work things out between all of them or else they might not ever be one good happy family.

Although "Stepmom" probably isn't one of the movies that you will hear the critics rave about a lot, it is one of the best movies of its kind without a doubt, at least in my opinion it is. I've been through a divorce and I've had to accept a new step-parent that I still haven't accepted even today, so I could really relate to the drama in this movie. I know that that's why I liked it so much and why it's one of the best movies I've ever seen, but I don't see why anyone who can't relate to it like I did wouldn't like "Stepmom" just as much.

"Stepmom" is a realistic approach to a change in the family. It has great family moments, mean-spirited drama that deals with jealousy and having trouble accepting new people, and a lot of emotional parts. All the ingredients in "Stepmom" make for one of the best family drama movies ever made, but what REALLY makes it an unforgettable movie is the great acting. All the main characters in the movie do a great job of acting including Julia Roberts, Ed Harris, the two kids, and especially Susan Sarandon. To go along with the great directing and the acting, "Stepmom" also has a great score and some good songs such as "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."

If you buy any family dramas, I would recommend getting "Stepmom" before any of the others. There are a lot of great family drama movies out there, but of the ones I've seen, none of them top "Stepmom."

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Summary: Stepmom - *** Stars
Review: Isabel (Julia Roberts) is a young woman attempting to juggle a relationship with her boyfriend Luke (Ed Harris), her new role as a mother figure to his two young children, and her career as a photographer. But the most challenging of all these feats is trying to maintain peace with Jackie (Susan Sarandon), Luke's ex-wife. Compared to Jackie, Isabel is a complete mess: She can't cook; she can't remember to wash the kids' favorite clothes; she can't even manage to pick the children up from school on time. In short, she is a disaster as a mother. She continually tries to make things work with Jackie and the children, with little success. That is, until she learns that Jackie is dying of cancer. This devastating disease causes the family to come together and look less at their differences.
Chris Columbus, best known for such popular comedies as "Home Alone" and "Mrs. Doubtfire," never finds an appropriate tone for this picture. Unlike the recent "One True Thing," which tackled similar subject matter harshly and unapologetically, Columbus' awkward direction randomly maneuvers the audience's emotions from grieving to giddy. In one moment the family learns of Jackie's life-threatening illness; in the next they are flitting about the room, dancing and singing, playfully using curling irons as microphones. The producers seem to be very aware of how best to play the audience's heartstrings, plucking a carefully composed song. But this plan of attack is obvious and patronizing.
Nevertheless, the actors give respectable performances; in particular, Sarandon crafts her part with moments of deft subtlety which remind us of what a remarkable actor she is.

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Summary: One of the saddest movies I have ever seen.
Review: 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.

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Summary: Fall in love a little... with everyone in this movie...
Review: This is a 5, to me. Sure, I'm a dad, and not a mom, and sure, this does seem like a bit of a "chick flick"... but it's not.

It's something much more powerful.

Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, and Ed Harris make this movie believable and there's so many scenes where the feelings are so strong, either happy or sad, that you can't help but shed a tear.

The reality of being "the evil step-mom", of children rejecting new loves, of the hateful/hurtful games that angry parents can play... This movie portrays the best and worst that love can bring out...

The movie finishes up by bringing it all home, with a powerful message that loving is better than hating, that there is so much hate, sometimes you have to stop being selfish, and you have to take a while and learn to love one another.

You can't get much better than this one. Get it. Watch it with your significant other, your mother, whoever... be prepared to feel deep down in your soul... it will happen.

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Summary: Well-Rounded Movie
Review: 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!!

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Summary: The word 'boring' comes to mind.
Review: Let's get one thing straight, I HATE this movie, I will make no attempt to give an un-biased review here. This movie deserves nothing more.
Where to start? Well firstly, It features the super hag, Julia Roberts, and as if this wasn't enough, Susan Sarandon is in it aswell.
Now if you haven't fainted at the sheer horror of that concept, you will when you realise the dullness of it's plot. Super hag doesn't get on with her boyfriends ex wife, then the ex-wife dies, the end. BORING.
After sitting through this painfully bad movie, I had to take a shower to get the stench of bad movie off me. I then had to watch some ninja movies to forget my terrifiying ordeal.
This movie was lacking (and went I say lacking, I mean totally viod of)in the most essential aspect of a movie, a** kicking. This movie could've been so much more entertaining if it had robots or pirates.
Please do not buy this movie, It's possibly the worse movie ever made.

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Summary: The perpetual dilemna
Review: 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.