The Stepfather 1987

Critics score:
86 / 100

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Janet Maslin, New York Times: Too often disappointingly thin. Read more

Pat Graham, Chicago Reader: The styling is never less than assured, and [director] Ruben knows how to put bland, unruffled surfaces to sinister Hitchcockian uses. Read more

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: While I was watching the film, I was distracted by elements of the Idiot Plot Syndrome -- moments when only an idiot would have made such obvious mistakes. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: One is left longing for Hitchcock's dark, daring wit and disturbingly amoral insights. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: An engrossing suspense thriller that refreshingly doesn't cheat the audience in terms of valid clues and plot twists. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: May be the best movie about the breakup of a family since Shoot the Moon. Read more