ABCFam had a Mother's Day Marathon of Mom Movies. This basically seemed to include every Julia Roberts pic and The Sound of Music. Julie Andrews - yes. Julia Roberts - I could take or leave her. She's like Tom Hanks to me - are we better with or without her?? I think they generally don't contribute a lot. BUT! Then I was reminded of how great Stepmom is. Stepmom and I have had a varied history - I would catch parts of it on college weekends, but I was never sure of the story timeline. In New York, my roommate had a copy of the DVD and I became hooked.
awesome!
-the setting: Ed Harris' NY penthouse is so cool. Even 11 years later. Well done set designers. Susan Sarandon's home is cute in it's country casual chic way as well. They've basically let me have both of my home fantasies in 1 movie. The scenes in Central Park are spectacular as well - who doesn't love the castle photo shoot??
-the little boy: This kid is cute.
-cheesy musical numbers: The classic Thanksgiving scene where Ben is the turkey and is "shot" for dinner. Kids + a holiday = movie gold. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" also gets a lot of airtime - they sing it in the car with Julia and the big "dance" number with the kids and Susan in their house.
hilarious!
- -Julia's hair in this movie. Is it blonde? Is it brunette? Is it a bad dye job? Yes to all 3.
-Ed Harris. Sometimes I find his love story with Julia hard to believe, but then again this is called Stepmom. Emphasis on the mom.
-Susan toking up. Because we all know she does it in real life.
-"Don't touch me. You bring bad luck." -probably my favorite line in the movie.
-Julia getting a male "model" to make Anna's ex-bf jealous. This kid looks like he came from Home Improvement's 1989 set.
-Julia wanting to get her soon-to-be stepdaughter tickets to a Pearl Jam concert on a School Night! Susan says "Are you kidding?". Only to have Susan get the tickets and take her daughter anyway! Bam! Pearl Jam?? On a school night!#$! This movie is so hip! I love it.
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