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Stepmom

1998 · 125 min

A tender, tearjerker drama about family and letting go, balancing warmth and sorrow with appealing performances.

Tagline
Be there for the joy. Be there for the tears. Be there for each other.
Overview
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • death
  • grief
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, romance, comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Jessie Nelson, Ronald Bass, Gigi Levangie, Karen Leigh Hopkins
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
125 min
Country
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Languages
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