None of the relationships makes any sense. The script is riddled with cliches of sight, word and event, and all of them underlined in saccharine slo-mo with soaring violins. Okay, Stepmom is pretty awful. This does not mean it is worthless, however, for there is one scene in which Sarandon offers superb advice about child-rearing. Other scenes, near the end, will likely make you cry in spite of yourself, but chances are your tear ducts needed a bit of a wash.
Nothing is all bad.
Except maybe Hollywood. Canada's Top Movies 1. Don't Say A Word 2. In Atlantis 4.