Is Stepmom actually good?

Stepmom sits in the 44.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 44.6% of them.

How does Stepmom compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Stepmom lands in the 42.1% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Stepmom's score based on?

168 calibrated reviewers stand behind Stepmom's score.

1998

global pct

44.6

Film · 1998 · Films · 1990s

Stepmom

Name: Stepmom
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1998

Scored from 168 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

44.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

42.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

35.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

168 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A successful New York photographer becomes the reluctant stepmother to the two children of her partner's ex-wife, a devoted mother who resents being replaced. When the ex-wife is diagnosed with a serious illness, the two women must set aside their animosity and find a way to share the role of mother for the sake of the kids.

Stepmom (1998) is a film IMDb files under the comedy and drama genres.

Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 5,358 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 168 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 175 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 4,081 other films from the 1990s form the cohort it is ranked inside.