My stepmother is an alien
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German title | My stepmother is an alien |
Original title | My Stepmother Is an Alien |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1988 |
length | 104 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Richard Benjamin |
script |
Herschel Weingrod , Timothy Harris , Jonathan Reynolds |
production |
Art Levinson , Laurence Mark |
music | Alan Silvestri |
camera | Richard H. Kline |
cut | Jacqueline Cambas |
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My Stepmother Is an Alien (Original title: My Stepmother Is an Alien ) is an American comedy film from 1988 . The director was Richard Benjamin , the screenplay written Herschel Weingrod , Timothy Harris and Jonathan Reynolds . The main roles were played by Dan Aykroyd and Kim Basinger . The film opened in German cinemas on March 9, 1989.
action
After a scientific experiment on earth, a highly developed civilization settled on a distant planet becomes aware of the people. You're sending one of your own in the guise of Celeste Martin to scout Earth.
Celeste meets the scientist responsible for the experiment, Steven Mills, who is raising his daughter Jessie on his own. Steven's brother Ron dreams of Princess Stéphanie . Steven falls in love with Celeste and ignores warnings from his daughter, who realizes that something is wrong with Celeste and that she has supernatural powers. It is only when Celeste uses her powers to save Jessie from a car accident that Steven realizes that she is an alien.
The alien leaders plan to destroy Earth, but Steven and Celeste convince them to spare humanity. Ron is persuaded to travel to the alien planet as a representative of humans. The crew of his spaceship consists of attractive women who - Ron thinks - look like Princess Stéphanie. Celeste wants to stay on earth with Steven and Jessie, but is supposed to lose her strength for this. In the last scene you can see that this is not the case.
Reviews
Roger Ebert praised the comic performance of Kim Basinger in the Chicago Sun-Times of December 9, 1988, but criticized the script and the presence of Dan Aykroyd, whose play he described as solid .
Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote in the Chicago Reader that if you could imagine Kim Basinger as a representative of a more sophisticated civilization and a typical stupid blonde , you might like the film .
Awards
Kim Basinger for Best Actress and the film for Best SF Film were nominated for the Saturn Award . Alyson Hannigan and the film were nominated for a Young Artist Award .
Trivia
Alyson Hannigan's film character Jessie has her first date with a boy played by Seth Green . A few years later, Alyson Hannigan and Seth Green starred in the series Buffy - The Vampire Slayer .
Web links
- My Stepmother Is an Alien in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- My Stepmother Is an Alien at Rotten Tomatoes (English)