Continuity mistake: When Isabel is helping the daughter make a tree more lifelike, Isabel paints the limbs outside of the round yellow ball shape. In the next scene when the daughter tries to do it, there are no limbs going out of the yellow ball shape. (00:49:30)
Stepmom (1998)
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris, Julia Roberts, Jena Malone
Continuity mistake: When Luke proposes to Isabel his shoulders are quite woolly in shots from the front, but shaved in shots from the side. (00:45:25)
Visible crew/equipment: A microphone is visible above the mother when talking to the Doctor about her cancer treatment. (01:37:37)
Trivia: The pilot of the airplane in the Thanksgiving Play is Susan Sarandon's daughter, Eva Amurri Martino.
Trivia: Director Chris Columbus' daughter Eleanor appears as a girl in the ballet class.
Luke: Anna! You do not run out on your mother.
Anna Harrison: No, that's your job.
Ben Harrison: See Mom? I told you! I'm telepathetic.
Jackie Harrison: Telepathic.
Ben Harrison: That's what I said.
Isabel: It's not that I can't cook, I choose not to cook.
Question: Julia Roberts refers to the term "snow blowing" and states that she heard it described in a movie. Is this really a reference to a movie?
Question: Why did Jackie tell Isabel that she lost Ben? Was it to prove to Isabel that she (Jackie) is not a perfect mother?
Chosen answer: Yes.
Plus, I think she felt she owed it to Isabel after how she treated her and the things she said to her.
Question: What happened to the puppy?
Answer: Anna kept it, you can see it later.
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Answer: You can see the reference in Kevin Smith's first movie Clerks. Whether or not she's referencing that particular movie or not is debatable.
Nikki