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My Stepmother Is an Alien
MEANRANK
44/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 20, highest is Kinopoisk on 66. Critics average 34, everyone else 47.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A widowed scientist accidentally summons a beautiful alien to Earth while attempting to communicate with deep space. To avoid suspicion, she poses as a human and marries him, attempting to complete her mission to save her dying planet. Her attempts to understand human customs and emotions lead to a series of comedic mishaps, all while she develops genuine feelings for her new family, complicating her original objective.
Details
- Director
- Richard Benjamin
- Writers
- Herschel Weingrod, Jerico, Jonathan Reynolds, Timothy Harris
- Released
- 9 December 1988
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $13.9M
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