Modern cinema offers blended families a gift: . You are not broken. You are not a failure for struggling. You are not weird for having three sets of grandparents or two Thanksgivings.
Modern cinema has done the hard work of destroying the myth of the perfect, nuclear family. In its place, it has built a messy, heartbreaking, and hopeful gallery of portraits. The blended family on screen today is no longer a punchline or a tragedy. It is a reflection. And like most reflections, it is a little cracked, a little cloudy, but if you look closely, you can see yourself in it. Fill Up My Stepmom Neglected Stepmom Gets an An...