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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Not since 1979's Kramer vs. Kramer has a mainstream movie more accurately, insightfully, humorously or tear-jerkingly dramatized family life in our time than Stepmom! Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: When Susan Sarandon wants you to cry, you cry. When Julia Roberts wants you to smile, you smile. Read more
Janet Maslin, New York Times: These two actresses are so galvanized and team up so well that the women's relationship soon upstages anything having to do with the man. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A lab-engineered weepie! Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The script is a mishmash of cliches, inferior melodrama, and howlingly embarrassing dialogue, and the director, Chris Columbus, shows no evidence that he understands the meaning of the term 'subtle'. Read more
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Todd McCarthy, Variety: It's merely a soap opera with elevated production values and a sterling cast. Read more
Amy Taubin, Village Voice: Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: Never feels either real enough to move us deeply or bubbly enough to make us forget our woes. Read more