MY STEPMOTHER IS AN ALIEN

'''My Stepmother Is An Alien''' is a 1988 comedy science fiction film directed by Richard Benjamin. It stars Kim Basinger as Celeste, an alien sent on a secret mission to Earth. Dan Aykroyd plays a widowered scientist who is working on experimental ways to send radio waves into deep space. An accident during one of his experiments inadvertently caused gravity to be ruined on Celeste's homeworld. Celeste is then sent to Earth to find out who has discovered a way to do this and how they accomplished it. She is aided by an alien or alien device resembling a gigantic eye who hides herself in a designer purse to aid Celeste by indoctrinating her on Earth ways and is able to do amazing things like create diamonds and designer dresses almost instantanously. This leads to some humorous situations where Celeste nearly exposes herself as alien due to her strange behavior, like trying to kiss someone for the first time or trying to cook. Alyson Hannigan is the daughter who realizes Celeste's strange habits, such as snacking on cigarette butts and flashlight batteries, and handling an extremely hot oven rack without being burned. However, she cannot convince her father that there is something strange about her. Her father is too smitten with Celeste to care. The film also features Jon Lovitz, Ann Prentiss and Seth Green. Celeste encounters many things on Earth that she would otherwise never have experienced, such as sneezing, sexual intercourse, and love. In the end Celeste falls in love with Dan Aykroyd's character and comes to understand and care for his daughter. Celeste attempts to convince her homeworld that the whole thing was an accident and that Earth shouldn't be destroyed because of all of the wonderful things it offers.

Contents

Cast

Trivia

Critical Reception

Box Office

See Also

External links

Cast

★ Dan Aykroyd

★ Kim Basinger

★ Jon Lovitz

Trivia

★ This film features Alyson Hannigan in her first major film role. She later went on to star in the American Pie series and the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

★ Seth Green made an appearance in this movie before being a voice on Family Guy, Dr. Evil's son, and even a recurring character on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Critical Reception

★ Reaction to the movie was mostly positive.

Box Office

★ The movie grossed 3 million less than the budget but earned back profit from the home video market

See Also

★ Dan Aykroyd

★ Kim Basinger

★ Aliens

External links

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