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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
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An alien is sent on a secret mission to Earth, where she appears as a gorgeous, attractive, and single lady...
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4 nominations
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Hey, it's not that bad!
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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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Continuity: When Celeste is at Ron's party after she first arrives on earth, she does some backflips. While she's doing that, her purse is stuck on her side, then the camera changes angles and her purse isn't on her at all. After she's done her backflips, her purse is back on her shoulder again.
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Steven Mills:
If you want my secrets, you'll eat my sandwich!
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Referenced in "Family Guy: Spies Reminiscent of Us (#8.3)" (2009)
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I Like The World
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I rate this film as "so bad, it's kinda good". It reeks of everything I feel the Eighties was trying to get away from when it became the Nineties, however nostalgia will forever hallow certain themes, in a "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" sort of way.
Certainly by today's standards this movie is very corny and lacks any real depth sought by movie lovers everywhere, but it has a lot of tongue in cheek charm that other movies lack. It's possible I only say these things because I first saw the film when quite young and I remember liking it... that's a great way to end up liking films that other people really cannot get along with.
As a summary, I couldn't sit down and watch this film with any of my friends, but it would be a perfect companion on a slow evening when I'm ill and had a few beers and need my mind taking off things. Like this evening.