Moving away from instant "happy endings" to show that it takes years (statistically 2–5) for these families to hit their stride.
Modern cinema has finally understood that blended family dynamics are not a problem to be solved, but a condition to be lived. The most honest films no longer end with a group hug at a wedding or a tearful adoption in a courtroom. They end in the car, on a Tuesday, with one step-sibling handing the other a pair of earbuds in silence. FillUpMyMom - Lauren Phillips - Stepmom- I Wann...