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The Stepfather

2009

Nelson McCormick

Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley, Amber Heard ...

4.5

3,174

Thriller. Mystery A seemingly normal guy named Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) wants the perfect family, but when his new wife (Sela Ward) and stepchild Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) don't measure up, he makes plans to eliminate them and move on to the next.

	Author	Review
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"This remake turns a fondly remembered horror/thriller into a mild and tedious suspense film"	NEG
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"An effective remake of a screen classic that can stand alone on its own considerable merits"	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"Even by horror-remake standards, 'The Stepfather' sets the bar for pointlessness, not just for extracting the social metaphor (...) but for arbitrarily changing plot points to far less compelling effect."	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Silly but effective popcorn entertainment (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Jim Vejvoda IGN	"Overall this competently produced yet uninspired retelling offers nothing to transcend its cult classic predecessor"	NEU

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