My Stepmother Is an Alien
My Stepmother Is an Alien movie poster
Directed by	Richard Benjamin
Produced by	Franklin R. Levy Ronald Parker Jerry Weintraub (executive producer) Art Levinson (executive producer) Laurence Mark (executive producer)
Written by	Jerico, Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris, Jonathan Reynolds
Starring	Kim Basinger, Dan Aykroyd, Alyson Hannigan, Jon Lovitz, Seth Green
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	Richard H. Kline
Editing by	Jacqueline Cambas
Release date(s)	December 9, 1988
Running time	105 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$16,000,000 (estimated)
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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 Akyroyd plays a widowered scientist whose experiment has caused gravity to be ruined on Celeste's homeworld. She is aided by a gigantic eye who hides herself in a designer purse to aid Celeste by indoctrinating her on Earth ways and create diamonds and designer dresses instantly. Alyson Hannigan is the daughter who realizes Celeste's strange habits, such as snacking on cigarette butts and flashlight batteries, but cannot convince her father. The film also features Jon Lovitz, Ann Prentiss and Seth Green.