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My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
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Release Date:
9 December 1988 (USA)
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A million lightyears from home, she's found a husband, a stepdaughter and a dog. When she finds out about sex, she may just stay for weekend. more
Plot:
An alien is sent on a secret mission to Earth, where she appears as a gorgeous, attractive, and single lady...
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Awards:
4 nominations
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Enjoyable light fluff
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dan Aykroyd | ... | Steven Mills | |
| Kim Basinger | ... | Celeste Martin | |
| Jon Lovitz | ... | Ron Mills | |
| Alyson Hannigan | ... | Jessie Mills | |
| Joseph Maher | ... | Lucas Budlong | |
| Seth Green | ... | Fred Glass | |
| Ann Prentiss | ... | The Voice of Bag (voice) | |
| Wesley Mann | ... | Grady | |
| Tony Jay | ... | Council Chief | |
| Peter Bromilow | ... | Second in Command | |
| Nina Henderson | ... | Cashier | |
| Harry Shearer | ... | Carl Sagan (voice) | |
| Adrian Sparks | ... | Dr. Morosini | |
| Juliette Lewis | ... | Lexie | |
| Tanya Fenmore | ... | Ellen |
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105 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Iceland:L |
West Germany:12 (f) |
South Korea:15 |
Australia:M |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-8 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG |
Philippines:PG-13
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The 25 January 1988 draft of the script credits Jerico as writer, with revisions by Frank Galati, Richard Benner, Susan Rice, Herschel Weingrod and Timothy Harris, Paul Rudnick, and Debra Frank and Carl Sautter, and a further rewrite by Jonathan Reynolds. Only four of the ten writers received screen credit.
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Crew or equipment visible: After Celeste starts the car by sticking her finger in the ignition, two crew members are briefly reflected in the back passenger side window as the car starts to pull away.
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Quotes:
Jessie Mills:
[looking at her Dad and Celeste through a window] I think they're gonna kiss!
Lexie, Jessie's Friend #1: Does he even know how?
Jessie Mills: I saw him do it once in 1983.
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Lexie, Jessie's Friend #1: Does he even know how?
Jessie Mills: I saw him do it once in 1983.
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Referenced in "Family Guy: Spies Reminiscent of Us (#8.3)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Not Just Another Girl
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Ok, I admit to a guilty pleasure at 1)enjoying and 2) recommending this movie.
The plot is weak, the situation implausible and the secondary characters are weak. So why do I give this movie a 7/10?
Dan Aykroyd and Kim Basinger, who have some of the funniest lines in any movie.
They are both excellent as 'fish out of water' he as a nerdy social misfit and she as the space travelling investigator who has to find out how Dan Aykroyd's character was able to contact her planet from a primitive Earth.
It is a movie that definitely grows on you with repeated viewings.