Watched Stepmom last night with Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts about dying mom passing her children over to the new woman of her ex-husband. Ed Harris plays the dad. Quite sentimental and maybe slightly dull in places, the movie drives one or two tears. All three actors are perfect, almost immaculate, each plays its character to the depth - Sarandon is very convincing showing the imbalance and depression of a woman who received a death sentence. She is imbalanced while overprotecting her children from Isabel (Roberts) and being jealous of her at the time. Isabel presents the most ideal figure to replace Sarandon both as wife and mom. But what I really enjoyed is the skill of Ed Harris, he barely appears though, but all his lines and moves are deeply pre-thought and natural. His character shows no sign of guilt about what is unfolding, he seems content and happy, but who knows what feeling are brewing there under the neutral mask. There is particularly strong scene when he arrives to Sarandon with Christmas tree and struggles for words to express himself. I loved it. Quite intricate and deep movie.
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