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My Stepmother Is an Alien is a 1988 American science fiction comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin. It stars Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, and Jon Lovitz. The film follows the story of Celeste, an extraterrestrial woman who is sent on a secret mission to Earth, after her home planet's gravity is mistakenly disrupted by Steven Mills, a widowed scientist raising his daughter Jessie as a single father. The film was the…
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There are films that feature everything that was wrong with 1980s Hollywood (and many things that are wrong with Hollywood now), but which can nevertheless be entertaining if viewed with proper mindset. One of them is *My Stepmother Is an Alien*, 1988 science fiction comedy directed by Richard Benjamin. The plot begins when widowed astrophysicist Steven Mills (played by Dan Aykroyd) conducts an experiment aimed at s…More
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My Stepmother Is An Alien came out in 1988 during a stretch where Dan Aykroyd had become a star, making several movies where he was the lead. His best parts were where he played nerdy, misunderstood scientists. Dan Aykroyd plays nerdy, misunderstood scientist very well. In this one, he is trying to send a signal out of the solar system. Things go wrong and his signal leaves the galaxy. He’s fired and shortly a beaut…More