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	Amazon.ca: DVD: Stepmom (Widescreen/Full Screen) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		But as the movie shows, it's not because they are bad, and the stepmom isn't bad for falling in love with their dad, and once you see through the pain there really can be peace in the end with true love and understanding.
		Stepmom may not be a definate classic but It will be remembered as a sad sad movie.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0767821769 (1809 words)

	Film Music on the Web CD Reviews Feb 1999:John WILLIAMS Stepmom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		True that Stepmom does not have a theme that is immediately arresting and memorable; rather, this score is subtly understated with long-breathed melodies and easy-flowing impressionistic music that, nonetheless, should invidiously invade the listener's affections on repeated hearings.
		Stepmom stars Susan Sarandon as an older woman, Jackie,who is supplanted by new younger wife (of Luke played by Ed Harris), Isobel (Julia Roberts).
		Stepmom is not top drawer John Williams but it is nevertheless treasurable.
	www.musicweb-international.com /film/feb99/stepmom.htm (1141 words)

	CoMamas Assocation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Perhaps the almost stepmom will be in the car when the Man in the Middle picks up the children, or she will be at their home when the ex-wife picks them up.
		The stepmom is somewhat cautious, but as a rule allows the Man in the Middle to call most of the shots and do most of the communication with his ex-wife.
		At the same time, the stepmom is also becoming more irritated with the ex-wife's behavior, mainly because she does not understand that the ex-wife is feeling threatened and replaced.
	www.comamas.com /conflict.htm (1422 words)

	SoundtrackNet : Stepmom Soundtrack
		In the tradition of such scores as The Accidental Tourist and Sabrina, John Williams' score to Stepmom is filled with light and heavy emotional moments which take a direct approach in making the listener become affected by the score.
		Stepmom is about the relationships between Julia Roberts (Ed Harris' new wife) and Susan Sarandon (Ed Harris' ex-wife) and the children in the family.
		Ultimately, the plot is rather predictable and lends plenty of opportunities for Williams to bring in the string section and bring in the needed little bit of energy to "push" you to the next level of emotion.
	www.soundtrack.net /soundtracks/database?id=1747 (391 words)

	Stepmom (1998)
		Stepmom is also about two strong, independent women and apparent polar opposites who must find a way to connect.
		One of the worst parts of Stepmom is that the filmmakers felt they had to add extra emotion by giving the mother - not the stepmother, mind you - a terminal disease.
		Stepmom appears in both its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1 and in a fullscreen edition on this double-sided, single-layered DVD; the letterboxed image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
	www.dvdmg.com /stepmom.shtml (1467 words)

	Stepmom
		Hi, I'm Mike and this is the Out and About review of Stepmom, a Tri-Star Pictures film about two kids, their dad, played by Ed Harris (Apollo 13), and their two moms.
		This drama tries to show the audience that families don't have to fight over their children's love, but can all love the children and receive love back even if they are not your own flesh and blood.
		Stepmom has great acting by great actors and actresses, a good script, a powerful story, and a touching end.
	www.about-movies.com /movies/1998/stepmom.htm (410 words)

	Stepmom Reviews
		STEPMOM Cast: Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Liam Aiken, Jason Maves Director: Chris Columbus Screenplay: Gigi Levangie, Jessie Nelson, Steven Rogers, Karen Leigh Hopkins and Ronald Bass, based on a story by Gigi Levangie Running...
		The only thing that saves /Stepmom/ from being a total failure is the acting of the three leading ladies: Susan Sarandon as Jackie (the mother), Julia Roberts as Isabel (the step mother), and Jena Malone as Anna, one of the children who is caught between...
		Stepmom is a movie that takes all of our emotion-strings and yanks on them for two hours.
	www.killermovies.com /s/stepmom/reviews (841 words)

	Filmtracks: Stepmom (John Williams)
		The Parkening tracks in Stepmom are performed brilliantly --I'd love to hear the final track performed live-- and are the highlight of the album.
		Doyle had been Chris Columbus' original composer for Stepmom and it is rumoured (from FSM) that Williams, after being delighted by an advanced screening of the film, used his reputation as muscle to push Doyle out the door.
		As it stands, however, Williams' score for Stepmom is more than adequate, but although the guitar performances transfer well to the album, the rest of the score becomes lost in the background.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/stepmom.html (792 words)

	"Stepmom" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		The real lesson for us in Stepmom, is that the church can't afford to deal with the dysfunctions of this generation by patting ourselves on the back, by waving placards and feeling smug that our families may have the good fortune of being intact.
		Stepmom is a brilliant film because it actaully suceeds in achieving its aims.
		How many times in Stepmom did the children totally catch the parents off guard, such as lines like where the little boy questions, "Can daddies fall out of love with their kids." etc...
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/pre2000/i-stepmom.html (1237 words)

	cmmdb.com - Conscious Multimedia Database - Stepmom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		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.
	cmmdb.com /catalog/product_419_Stepmom.html (386 words)

	Stepmom Review
		I did go to see Stepmom: partly because of its two leading actors and partly because someone asked me. No, mostly because someone asked me. And, in spite of it all, I'll still talk to that person.
		Stepmom is exactly what you would expect: an over-wrought, weepy film.
		I saw the movie in a packed movie theatre and people were crying their eyes out; the woman next to me was crying and sniffing and blowing her nose all throughout the picture.
	www.cs.usyd.edu.au /~nikki/m_r/current/Stepmom.html (729 words)

	Stepmom (1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Anyway, "Stepmom" is a decent movie, partially because Susan Sarandon is so brilliant.
		Ed Harris, is, as usual, superb, although there isn't much chemistry between himself and Roberts, maybe because of the obvious age difference.
		Where "Stepmom" goes wrong is in the way so many Hollywood films do - It never really cuts to the issue in question.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0120686 (600 words)

	TechnoFILE Reviews "Stepmom" on DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Columbia Pictures' Stepmom is an emotionally draining film about life, death, relationships, and coming to terms with life, death, and relationships.
		Doubtfire," "Stepmom" isn't big on laughs - but despite it being a relatively standard "relationship movie" on the surface, it turns out to be a charming example of the genre.
		Stepmom comes off as a real team effort - and in fact Roberts and Sarandon also served as part of the "executive producing" team.
	www.technofile.com /dvds/dvd_sony_tristar.html (541 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Stepmom [1999]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although 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 mum 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 trivialise her plight in its final reel.
		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 mum.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CZAS (1101 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Stepmom [1998]: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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 marginalise and trivialise her plight in its final reel.
		Doubtfire and Home Alone) with a sanitised 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 having to face 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 mum.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CZ2P (1041 words)

	Successful Stepfamilies - Prayers for Stepmom's
		Before I became a stepmom, that statistic would probably have surprised me, because you think that people who remarry must be truly happy, so thankful to have been given a second chance at the kind of love everybody wants.
		Then when I became a stepmom and walked through my own hell, I was surprised that the percentage was only two-thirds.
		When you tell the truth every time, when your actions match your words, when you make choices that are right and pure—when you are honest with everyone about who you are and what you stand for—it won’t take long for everyone to know you well.
	www.successfulstepfamilies.com /view.php/id/101 (2704 words)

	Dissertations, Essays on Stepmom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With a bland and unrevealing title like Stepmom, you might half expect a horror film about the mad matriarch of a dysfunctional family.
		Rather, Stepmom is another a long tradition of three-hankie weepies, and a rather archetypical one at that.
		This dramatic shortcut does serve to heighten the emotional shocks of the film (the impacts are all felt sooner than they should be), but at the cost of realism.
	www.essayboom.com /essay/Stepmom-119562.html (158 words)

	Stepmom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Stepmom stars Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts and was produced by them.
		Stepmom just (if $10M is your idea of small change) failed to make $100M and became the highest grossing film in Susan's 29 year career to make that amount in its initial release in theatres.
		The original draft of the Stepmom screenplay was first brought to the attention of Wendy Finerman, the Academy Award-winning producer of Forrest Gump, by Margaret French Isaac, who at the time was head of development at Wendy Finerman Productions.
	www.chrisbaker.co.uk /stepmom.htm (2470 words)

	SPLICEDwire: "Stepmom" review
		This is really nothing more than a manipulative TV weepy propelled into theaters by its marquee power stars anyway, so if you're predisposed to seeing it you might as well watch it at home, where there's Kleenex.
		"Stepmom" is going to make you cry if director Chris Columbus has to poke you in the eye with a sharp stick to do it.
		Still, because of habitually potent performances by Sarandon and Ed Harris, as her ex-husband, and by Jena Malone (the young Jodie Foster in "Contact") as their bitter 12-year-old daughter, "Stepmom" was better than I had expected, even though it was also exactly what I had expected.
	splicedwire.com /98reviews/stepmom.html (528 words)

	ProTeacher BusyBoard Community
		So my dad and stepmom did not raise me. I have a wonderful mom who did so much for me. I love my dad too, but he didn't do as much as my mom has for me. Through the years my dad would constantly remind me to be nice to my stepmom.
		Apparently my dad and stepmom are upset because I don't love her the way I love my mom and don't have a close relationship with my stepmom.
		I think my stepmom is very jealous that my mom and I have a very close mother/daughter relationship and she knows that she will never have that with her own daughter.
	www.proteacher.net /dcforum/lounge/923.html (1921 words)

	Stepmom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Stepmom is one of the greatest movies of its year that could benefit everyone who watches it.
		Stepmom stars Julia Roberts, as the stepmother, Susan Sarandon, as the mother, and Ed Harris, as the father.
		Stepmom is truly a movie for everyone and I recommend it to all audiences.
	www.murrieta.k12.ca.us /mvhs/staff/smccarthy/stepmom.htm (693 words)

	Beating the Holiday Stress Stepmom Style - Part 2 -
		When you add the stress that a stepmom feels every day into the anxious mix of holidays and family ties, you can create a blend of frustration and anxiety harder to get rid of than leftover fruitcake.
		Karon Goodman is a mom, stepmom, and writer from Alabama.
		Her book, "The Stepmom's Guide to Simplifying Your Life", will be released in Spring 2002.
	www.adoptioninformation.com /resources/article/111201b.htm (614 words)

	Review: Stepmom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Stepmom is the kind of bad movie that can be blamed on just about everyone involved except, perhaps, the actors.
		Most movies have a few bad lines sprinkled throughout, but, in Stepmom, every bit of speech falls into one of three categories: (1) the kinds of things people would never say in real life, (2) the kinds of things people always say in movies, or (3) both.
		Stepmom is meant to be heartwarming, but gut-wrenching is a better description.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/s/stepmom.html (723 words)

	Family Ties: Pulling the Strings:
		Divorce and remarriage impact the family on many levels, from conflicts between parent and stepparent, to negative emotional implications for the child (Capaldi, 1979; Goldstein, 1984; Messinger, 1984; Twaite, 1998).
		For example, in Stepmom, when Isabelle, the stepmother, buys the children a dog, Anna, unenthused, states that dogs make her allergic.For example, Anna often reacts in anger towards her stepmother, as noted when Isabelle gives the children the dog as a present.
		Stepmom here in time for you to use all those new hankies.
	www.unc.edu /~econradt/stepmomtext.htm (4286 words)

	Stepmom movie review
		The Stepfamily Network asked a stepmother's support group to review the movie "Stepmom" to see if it gave a realistic portrayal of what it's like to be a stepmom.
		This challenge is well illustrated in a scene where Stepmom and Mom are discussing the daughter's future wedding; a day the Mom won't live to see.
		Stepmom fears that the daughter will only think of her absent Mom; Mom fears that daughter won't remember her.
	www.stepfamily.net /Movie.htm (798 words)

	CAP Report MAR04198, STEPMOM (1998)
		Stepmom was quite likely the epitome of moderate malcontentism by an adolescent.
		While no single example of impudence or hate was particularly severe, there were so m-a-n-y little pieces and parts, which all combined to make a very large picture with a lot of hate paint on it.
		This is just one example of many of inappropriate sexual programming such as innuendo, vulgar references to anatomy, and the girl speaking to sex as though she were very experienced.
	www.capalert.com /capreports/stepmom98.htm (1008 words)

	Stepmom - John Williams
		Most of them would probably be delighted with whatever score, if it were by somebody else, but because it's by Williams, perfection is the only thing it can attain.
		I wonder whether this has something to do with the album arrangement, since Stepmom is considerably longer than both of those and it must be said that until about halfway through there is enough interesting material to produce a lovely, low key album that doesn't get boring.
		However, Stepmom is a more serious picture and so there is none of the festive sound to the rest of the music, which is a shame.
	www.soundtrack-express.com /osts/stepmom.htm (569 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "Stepmom"
		Two kids must deal with the fact that their parents are divorced and that daddy is ready to bring another younger woman into their lives permanently.
		The mother of said kids seems to have a bigger chip on her shoulder in regards to the new "stepmom" moving in with her kids, as the whole lot of them deal with their emotions, reservations and fears in respect to this new family dynamic.
		Stepmom try harder, kids start liking her, mom catch deadly disease.
	www.joblo.com /stepmom.htm (1810 words)

	Term Paper on Film analysis of "Stepmom"
		Stepmom is based on a novel written by Ms.
		The purpose of this paper is to analyze the plot, characterizartion, and special effects techniques used in the production of Stepmom.
		Columbus, Chris, dir., Stepmom, with Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts, Columbia Sony Pictures.
	www.swiftpapers.com /essay/Film_analysis_of_Stepmom-94091.html (116 words)

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