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A teenager's life is disrupted when her mother falls in love with an alien.A teenager's life is disrupted when her mother falls in love with an alien.A teenager's life is disrupted when her mother falls in love with an alien.
Vanessa Chester
- Michelle
- (as Vanessa Lee Chester)
Michael Caffery
- Minister
- (as Michael Caffrey)
Amy Lindsay
- Becca
- (as Katie Campbell)
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Wind surfer Megan Larson (Courtnee Draper) wants hunky Cutter Colburne. She dreams for her parents to get back together, her little brother Trevor to be nicer, and to be friends with popular girl Heather Hartman. To her dismay, her mother Kathy (Khrystyne Haje) starts going out with the strange Cosmo Cola (Lance Guest) from Yukon who has a weirder daughter Ariel (Tamara Hope). It turns out that they used to be gaseous aliens. Cosmo had escaped from the emperor as a freedom fighter and his wife was lost to the winds.
This could have worked with Ariel simply as a fish out of water and Megan as her embarrassed step-sister. The high school drama part of the story is good. The weird CGI alien world is unappealing. They're wasting computer time with that part of the movie. It's more appealing as a described world. The whole alien political intrigue is tiresome. That goes down the wrong track despite the original premise. The visual style is brightly colored and beachy. This is a weird idea that can work but not if it's done this way.
This could have worked with Ariel simply as a fish out of water and Megan as her embarrassed step-sister. The high school drama part of the story is good. The weird CGI alien world is unappealing. They're wasting computer time with that part of the movie. It's more appealing as a described world. The whole alien political intrigue is tiresome. That goes down the wrong track despite the original premise. The visual style is brightly colored and beachy. This is a weird idea that can work but not if it's done this way.
This movie is great for all ages! I liked seeing the story from both Ariel and Megan's point of view. The script was well-written and intelligent, funny and engaging. Younger viewers might enjoy the "alien" part of the plot, for example, the way Ariel talks. Adult viewers would probably appreciate the emotional interaction between Megan and Ariel. I for one liked all the pretty colors. (Ariel's pink and orange are strangely compelling...) I've seen this movie more times than I can count, and read the book too, and I still keep noticing new things each time I watch it. I definitely recommend it to anyone and everyone. People who enjoyed this movie might also like Zenon: Girl of the Twenty-First Century.
I saw this movie, and thought it was the cheesiest thing I'd ever seen. But I saw it again and it grew on me. A very fun and cute storyline, and very memorable lines- I made a friend of mine watch it with me once, and we can't stop talking about the different flavors of potato chips. Even though some parts may be a little strange, but I definitely enjoy it, especially Tom Wright (Cutter) and Henry Feagin (Fanul). They were very cute and fun characters.
Megan's world is turned upside down when she hears her calm life with her little brother and single mum is about to change. She hears she's soon to have a stepfather and a stepsister. Megan thinks they're a bit weird and is determined to stop the wedding. She discovers they're actually even stranger than she thought - they're from another planet.
Lots of cuteness, friendship, complicity, between two teenagers, very clichézinho and silly, a typical afternoon session sugar water, about friendship, family, parents' marriage, delicate subject for the children, regardless of age, exaggerated, but very cute , very fun to watch...
Lots of cuteness, friendship, complicity, between two teenagers, very clichézinho and silly, a typical afternoon session sugar water, about friendship, family, parents' marriage, delicate subject for the children, regardless of age, exaggerated, but very cute , very fun to watch...
i thought that the movie stepsister from planet weird was a very great family movie i am 16 years old and i liked the movie very much and if anyone that reads this knows some information about Henry Feagins that played as fanul please e-mail me because i really want to find out stuff about him. thanks if you haven't seen the movie you should it's good for kids of all ages and parents.
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- TriviaThe song playing when Cosmo finally makes it to the altar is an instrumental version of Oh Canada.
- GoofsWhen Megan, Ariel, Cutter, and Fanul are using hair dryers to get rid of S'Vad, when the camera zooms out on the four, you can see that the hair dryers are not plugged in.
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Written by Steve Kipner, Trevy Felix and John Lewis Parker
Performed by Boom Shake
Courtesy of Slash Back Music
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By what name was Ma soeur est une extraterrestre (2000) officially released in Canada in English?
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