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Rating: 5.7/10 by 507 users

My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)

Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young daughter. Before long, Celeste finds herself in love with Steve and her new life on Earth, where she experiences true intimacy for the first time. But when she loses sight of her mission, she begins to question where she belongs.

Directing:
  • Richard Benjamin
  • Dick Ziker
Writing:
  • Herschel Weingrod
  • Timothy Harris
  • Jonathan Reynolds
  • Jerico
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Dec 09, 1988

Rating: 5.7/10 by 507 users

Alternative Title:
J'ai épousé une extra-terrestre - FR
Ho sposato un'aliena - IT
La meva noia és una extraterrestre - AD
Min pige vil i nærkontakt - DK
Min fru är en utomjording - SE
Η Σεξωγήινη - GR
My Step Mother Is an Alien - US
Mi Novia es una Extraterrestre - ES
Mein Stiefmutter ist ein Alien - DE

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 48 minutes
Budget: $20,000,000
Revenue: $13,854,000

Plot Keyword: alien, spoof, levitation, message
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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 the Bag (voice)
Tony Jay
Council Chief
Peter Bromilow
Second in Command
Harry Shearer
Carl Sagan (voice)
Adrian Sparks
Dr. Morosini
Robert Benedetti
Drill Sergeant
Jim Doughan
Party Guest
Jay McCaslin
Party Guest
Jim Jackman
Party Guest
Lisa Croisette
Group Captain Winnek Wolfet
Sophia Bowen
12th Navigational Command
Shea Bowen
12th Navigational Command
Gabi
12th Navigational Command
Gina Raymond
12th Navigational Command
Susan Carlsberg
12th Navigational Command
Maxine Wasa
Porn Actress
Earl Boen
Reverend
Michele Rogers
Skippy Budlong
Chere Rae
Station Wagon Driver

Wuchak

_**Weird 80’s comedy in the silly mold of “Earth Girls are Easy” and “Coneheads”**_ A low-paid widowed scientist (Dan Aykroyd) makes contact with aliens and they send an agent (Kim Basinger) to meet him. She has a one-eyed serpentine counselor in her purse and ends up marrying the physicist, even though the counselor’s intention is to destroy the planet (!). Alyson Hannigan plays the winsome daughter while Jon Lovitz is on hand as the researcher’s annoying brother. “My Stepmother Is an Alien” (1988) is cut from the same cloth as the contemporaneous “Earth Girls are Easy.” Although it’s not as good and has a strange off-kilter vibe, it’s vastly superior to future duds "2001: A Space Travesty" and "What Planet Are You From?" (both from 2000). While I’m not a fan of Basinger (I don’t NOT like her either), she does comedy surprisingly well, better than you would expect. This was the feature film debut of future “stars” Alyson Hannigan and Juliette Lewis, as well as one of Seth Green’s early movies. The roles of the latter two are almost unnoticeable. Meanwhile, whoever wrote the script loves Jimmy Durante. There’s a surprising scene involving porn that, while it doesn’t get outrageously out of hand (and I could care less about its inclusion), it seems out of place for a warm-hearted family flick. The film is considerably overlong at 1 hour, 47 minutes. It was shot at Studio City and points nearby in the Los Angeles area. GRADE: B-/C+


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