My Stepmother Is an Alien
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: December 9, 1988 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
8
Negative:
3
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USA TodayMike Clark
The worst of '88's major Christmas pics has scientist Dan Aykroyd inadvertently beaming Kim Basinger to Earth in a bum experiment; the result is as tired as its title, though Basinger gives another smooth comic performance. [09 Jun 1989, p.3D]
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Washington PostHal Hinson
My Stepmother Is an Alien, the new Richard Benjamin film starring Dan Aykroyd and Kim Basinger, is E.T. with hormones, a landlocked Splash. No, that actually sounds like fun. And it would be wrong to suggest that this thing is fun. Very wrong. Read full review
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Had it actually been told from the perspective of the scientist's daughter, as the title suggests, it might have been more appealing, but instead a predictable, amateurish script shifts the focus elsewhere. Read full review
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