"My fear is that she'll be thinking, I wish my mom was here." "And mine is that she won't." That dialogue gets me every single time. How can you not choke up at something like that? I could really sense Jackie's fear that her daughter would eventually forget about her...a terrifying thought for a mother who knows she will not be around to see her kids grow up. This was really a great movie.
Lost my Mom when I was 11 but gained a stepMom when I was 13 - I'm now 46 with 2 children of my own that my stepMom is Nana to, and this scene is perfect. I love both my Moms. So I was not threatened when my ex-husband remarried a wonderful woman who treats my children as if they were her own. She can't replace me, and I could never replace her - and my children are better for it.
Stepmom is one of those movies that no matter what time it is, afterward, I have to call my mom. This scene and when the little boy says "No one loves you like I do." Breaks my heart every time. Beautifully acted film.
I love when she says "She does not have to choose, she can have us both," a child would grow up so much healthier because he has unconditional love from both sides.
I loved the quilt she made for her daughter and it had the pictures of their lives together and the cloth was from clothes she had worn. It had so much meaning. A wonderful keepsake to remember her mother.
My mom was very sick when I got married. But for a few hours, she smiled, and was extremely happy, even though she was in a lot of pain. I am so blessed and thankful that my mom saw me get married. I'm so lucky that I had a wonderful mom like her..
Lost my mother at fourteen. I now have a beautiful stepmom who helps me remember what kind of love a mother is to give because I almost forgot being that mine died nine years ago. This really happens.
Always hold your mother close as possible and cherish every moment. I saw this in 1998 after my mom died in 1996 I still miss her and I remember how she told me to always remember her and keep her alive in spirt. Even though I was adopted and had a loving family afterword no one can fill that place of my mom. I miss her everyday and its a loss that never goes away.
This is my favorite movie in the world. This movie was made before my youngest was born and died from cancer 2004 at age 22 months. I knew the value of life and a that it was not the quantity but the quality of the years.
one of my favourite movies of all time, i can watch it over and over and still cry just as much as i did the first time. this is the best scene in the whole movie; the writing if amazing, and the wedding day bit is heartbreaking. two of the best actresses around!!
My mom died of cancer back in 2020 and all I ever think about is how much I wish she was still here. Watching her wither away like was worse than a nightmare, it was Hell. Real Hell. But I walked through Hell for her.
This scene makes me cry every time. I have a mom who gave my siblings and I up early on in my childhood when my parents divorced and we got a stepmom but in reality she is Mom and the other is bio mom. Bio-mom has now passed away.
i saw this movie for the first time with my parents and my god did we all cry our eyes out......especially my dad because he thought about my grandma who is in heaven :(
This made me cry like a baby.. I've had guardianship of my daughter since she was 2 months now that she's almost 2.. her mom wants her back.. but I want her for me.. but if not she can love us both
I used to be jealous of the step mothers relationship......now i am thankful for it because she has a friend and mentor who loves her and my son as her own. That is a precious privilege for both of Us. Thank you, Sharon, for loving my children as your own. Their futures are tomorrow and i will be there with them along the way.
I miss my mom everyday my mom passed away on January 2nd 2017. I'm glad my mom got to see me get married before she died. I feel says I wish my mom was here. heidi
This is the best scene of the entire movie! I can't help but cry every time! even when I go from just the beginging of the scene not watching all the other parts. I can't help but imaging me as the girl losing her mother. and my mom not being there on my wedding day.
This movie hits so different when your mom isn’t there anymore. I saw this movie with my parents when I was 18. As I write this, it is eight years since my mom died. This scene is a gut punch.
I ❤ this scene. This is SUPERB acting from Susan and Julia! 🤩🤩 Although, this movie makes me EMOTIONAL - SAD because I LOST my mum to cancer, it is RELATABLE and has it’s SWEET and FUNNY parts.
Boy! There is much to learn from that ending scene, specially for those that are struggling with parents that have moved on and are remarried, etc. In the end its the child that is left in the middle of feuding people. Its made into a competition rather than having two unique individuals loving the child.
I understand how it goes instead of a stepmom I have a stepdad the roles they play differences and influences my stepfather have been a big part of my life done more than my real dad
Susan Sarandon is a dying mother in this movie and then Julia Roberts in a movie playing a dying spider, so for both of them in this movie they were both spiders, Susan Sarandon is miss spider from james and the giant peach (1996) and Julia Roberts is Charlotte from Charlotte's Web (2006), only susan sarandon was in the one based on Ronald Dahl and julia roberts was in the one based on E.B. White so when I look at them in this movie make me think to tell they were those spiders based on those two book by Ronald Dahl and E.B. White, feel emotional in this movie something was killing sarandon not like roberts was voice act was, but they were both spiders who have alots of string spins their web
I love this movie but I've always wondered why the whole bar wouldn't have stopped and started staring at two women bawling their eyes out, everyone's just carrying on like it's all completely fine lol
@gosipgirlie I am that girl n even when I was just a teenager I cried at this movie now ten yrs later I cry even harder it's not easy n I don't even have a stepmom :(
@jecka1982 Anna shouldn't WANT to get married after all she's been through. I can't believe her mom talked about her falling in love and having babies.
