My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) on Netflix
PG-1319881h 45mComedyRomanceSci-Fi
A radio wave from Steven Mills's experiment disrupts the gravity of a distant planet. That world sends Celeste to Earth, where she meets the widowed scientist and his daughter.
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Plot summary
Steven Mills is a widower who beams radio signals toward distant stars. One of them reaches Cosine N to the 8th, and the planet's gravity goes out of balance. Its people send Celeste to find out whether the signal was an attack. Bag, a tentacled device with one eye and a mind of its own, comes along disguised as a designer purse and can produce any object, from diamonds to dresses, in an instant. Celeste arrives at a party given by Steven's playboy brother Ron and draws attention by repeating television catchphrases and slogans she thinks are current. Ordinary human tasks, such as cooking, defeat her. Jessie, Steven's thirteen-year-old daughter, is pleased that her father has met someone.
Cast
- Nina Hendersonas Cashier
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
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- Variety reported on 20 June 1984 that Catalina Production Group planned to start principal photography on They're Coming late that year for Paramount, and that the actresses Paramount considered for the lead included Bette Midler, Shelley Long, Julie Andrews and Raquel Welch.
- After the production moved to 20th Century Fox, the studio considered Cybill Shepherd and Joan Rivers for the role but never produced the film; it went into turnaround to Weintraub Entertainment Group, where the title was changed to Two Kids.
- Director Richard Benjamin recalled that Stone's original screenplay resembled a horror film. By 1988 it had been rewritten further by Jonathan Reynolds, and Stone was ultimately credited only for the story, under his first name, Jericho.
- A South Korean branch of Baskin-Robbins released an ice cream flavour called “Mom is an alien”, named after the movie.
