This fall Daddy's home.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley, Amber Heard, Sherry Stringfield, Paige Turco, Jon Tenney, Nancy Linehan Charles |
| Director |
Nelson McCormick |
| Screenplay | J.S. Cardone, based on screenplay by Donald E. Westlake, Carolyn Lefcourt, Brian Garfield |
| Music | Charlie Clouser |
| Cinematography | Patrick Cady |
| Editing | Eric L. Beason |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2009 |
| Produced by | Screen Gems, Maverick Films, Imprint Entertainment, Granda Entertainment |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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| Genre | Thriller |
| Language | Mild, infrequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Strong psychogical and moderate physical violence, moderate blood. No graphic scenes. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Mild infrequent religious profanities |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | None |
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Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Hollywood Reporter  Turns a fondly remembered horror/thriller into a mild and tedious suspense film | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz Bring niks nuut na die genre nie | 10 |  |
| Box Office Pam Grady This homicidal daddy’s love is kinda weak | 8 | |
| eye Weekly Neil Karassik The Stepfather is both spiritless and lacking in any sense of ambiance or dread. | 5 | |
| ScreenIt T. Durgin The Stepfather is a deeply lame thriller that you should not waste your time or money on. | 6 | |
| Metacritic.com 11 critics | 6 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 55 critics | 7 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer This tepid remake of the 1987 cult classic lacks the tension and satirical undercurrents of the original. | 2 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 1322 Netizens Lame | 10 | |
Average .. 33% | 7 | |