Jackie demonstrates her acceptance of Isabel by inviting her to join them, stating, "Let's get a photo with the whole family." Isabel sits next to Jackie for the photo and as the closing credits begin, both women are shown side by side, holding hands and at peace with each other. Isabel takes a family portrait of Luke and Jackie with the children. Jackie, now largely bedridden, shares emotional moments with her children individually, telling them that she will remain with them as long as they remember her. On Christmas morning, the family gathers to celebrate together. They come to understand that while Jackie will always have the children's past, Isabel will have their future, and the children can love them both without choosing. Isabel finally lets her guard down when she tells Jackie her biggest fear is that on Anna's wedding day, all she will wish for is her mother's presence, while Jackie admits her own fear is that she will forget her. They bond when Isabel reveals her admiration of Jackie's maternal instincts, while Jackie in turn praises Isabel's hipness as a means to connect with Anna. Jackie later invites Isabel to have dinner with her, and they work out a shaky truce, coming to terms with Jackie's impending passing and Isabel's role of stepmother. At school, Anna is bullied by a boy she once liked and the two women give her conflicting advice, causing more tension. When Ben goes missing on Isabel's watch, Jackie threatens legal action and claims that she has never lost him, which she later admits to be untrue. Jackie and Isabel continue to have disagreements, largely over Isabel's parenting. That night, Jackie loosens up the tension by singing and dancing to " Ain't No Mountain High Enough" with Ben, soon joined by Anna too. One day, after bringing back Ben from a birthday party, Isabel confronts Jackie, so she informs Luke and the children of her diagnosis, resulting in Anna emotionally storming out. Isabel and Anna's relationship eventually improves, and they bond over shared hobbies: painting and music. Jackie actively sabotages Isabel's effort to bond with the children, even to the point of refusing to allow Isabel to take Anna to see Pearl Jam and then later taking her to the concert herself. She experiences a range of negative emotions, specifically jealousy of the woman who she feels is replacing her, and anger that after all of the sacrifices she made for her children, she will never see them grow up. In a plot twist, Jackie has been silently battling lymphoma for some time, and the results of her latest scans say the disease is now terminal. After many arguments and hurt feelings involving Isabel, Jackie, and Anna, Luke proposes to Isabel, making her Anna and Ben's future official stepmother. She also continues to harbor malice towards Luke, as seen in confrontations about Isabel's parenting. Jackie, a former publisher turned stay-at-home mom, treats Isabel coldly, seeing her as an immature, selfish, overly ambitious career woman. Isabel behaves with contempt tempered by caution around Jackie, believing she overcompensates for the divorce by spoiling her children. Anna repeatedly rejects her overtures while Ben, who likes her, adds extra complications with his mischievousness. Isabel, who has never wanted to be a mother, tries hard to make Anna and Ben feel comfortable with her. Luke, an attorney, is living with his girlfriend of one year, Isabel Kelly, a successful fashion photographer several years his junior. Jackie and Luke Harrison are a divorced New York City couple who are struggling to co-parent their children, Anna and Ben. Among other accolades, Sarandon was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her performance. Despite receiving mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, the film was a box office success, grossing $159.7 million worldwide against a budget of $50 million. Stepmom was released in the United States on December 25, 1998, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film stars Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, and Ed Harris, and follows a terminally-ill woman dealing with her ex-husband's new lover, who will be their children's stepmother. The screenplay was written by Gigi Levangie, Jessie Nelson, Steven Rogers, Karen Leigh Hopkins, and Ronald Bass. Stepmom is a 1998 American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Columbus and produced by Wendy Finerman, Mark Radcliffe, and Michael Barnathan.
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